tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86104868990409841652024-02-19T15:05:45.631+00:00cardinal artscardinal artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747858448788176879noreply@blogger.comBlogger113125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610486899040984165.post-58162446025788172262013-01-18T18:29:00.003+00:002013-01-18T18:32:13.731+00:00crystal clear<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">this picture doesn't actually demonstrate what I was going to write about today</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">but am so blown away by this skyline</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">growing up all the way over in the suburbs, I hardly ever saw this view</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">the buildings and projects that have been added through the years have really</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">made this view so interesting - a nice mix of old and new</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">am so happy they have been able to keep that Western Auto sign up too </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">the one thing that surprises me almost every morning</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">and throughout the day</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">is the clarity of the air here</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">after spending years with the grey skies of England</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">the intense blue of the sky here, along with the sunshine that has been present </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">almost every day since I moved back</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">makes the trees, the grass......everything</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">so crystal clear</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">it can (and has been) bitterly cold - but then that sunshine </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">this clarity, the 'big sky' and the sunshine also make for </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">the most beautiful sunrises and sunsets</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">such pinks and blues!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I just need to get myself outside and take a few photos of this to show you</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">really is beautiful</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">thanks for stopping by!</span></div>
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cardinal artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747858448788176879noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610486899040984165.post-3036418687262058162013-01-17T19:27:00.001+00:002013-01-17T19:27:20.170+00:00Look who it is!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I'm back!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Well, not really back, more like forward.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I am now living in the US after 12 years.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Not just any old place in the US, but in my hometown, </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">which I haven't live in for almost 20 years!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It has changed. I have changed.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I am</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> excited to see what happens now, but</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I must admit that it still feels as though I am just visiting.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">All my belongings are still boxed up in a shipping container somewhere in the UK</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">so I haven't been doing much in the way of art</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">That said, I do not have much in the way of arty things to show you</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">that I may have done recently</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">but......</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I am going to show you the photos I took on my last day </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">stitching on the <a href="http://www.cardinalarts.blogspot.com/2011/11/projects.html" target="_blank">Battle of Lewes Tapestry</a>!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">I really like all the textures coming into this</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">but he's all mine!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">would like to draw your attention to the beautiful detail and pattern</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I hope to be more present on my blog than I have been for so long</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I hope to share with you my .......ooh! I was going to say journey</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I hope to share my new life and what I discover of my new/old hometown</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">wish me luck!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">it has been a long time since my last post</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">my family is ok - my health is ok</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">but......everything else has been completely topsy turvy</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">and it has been so difficult for me to get back to my blog</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I closed my studio and put all my supplies into storage</span></div>
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center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">and other materials</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">do I put into storage?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">do I take to the house?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">where in the house?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">anyway.....</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">I think I have decided to put everything into storage</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">(eek!)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">it's a tricky one, especially as I do not </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">know how long this all will take</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">I could be here for another 4 months</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">but without the studio</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">and really; without the room for anything</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">at home</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">yup</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">that's what I'll do</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">so then......</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">I can get back to more reading</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">and writing</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">and contemplating</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">and devising</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">which I have not done in a long time</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">I need to really think about how I want to proceed with my art</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">what to keep; what to change</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">and then there's wax</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">I like wax</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">I like stuff covered in wax</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">I want to start exploring wax</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">but just really calm my head down</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">and take the time</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">to think</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">since I have it</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">this move needs to move me too</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">I need to move forward</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">and try</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">really try</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">again;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">happy holidays</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">thanks for coming by......</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">__a</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>cardinal artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747858448788176879noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610486899040984165.post-30000212799210373932011-12-08T12:46:00.004+00:002011-12-08T13:13:37.039+00:00cute!<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig7pgGJN5T9C4cithhh1Udd53HIkNeGWu5e5Mz5ZMwv1YIuUTOCap5qFjoHXorV1XSwhjezDhCNimxz6CxROpfOR14AszgEH9n0uP0dnhev9_LFQVqDFZKcpmfhdOozpLQy2xRAE4Fnuf-/s1600/pig2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig7pgGJN5T9C4cithhh1Udd53HIkNeGWu5e5Mz5ZMwv1YIuUTOCap5qFjoHXorV1XSwhjezDhCNimxz6CxROpfOR14AszgEH9n0uP0dnhev9_LFQVqDFZKcpmfhdOozpLQy2xRAE4Fnuf-/s320/pig2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683739302184161394" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">how cute is this?!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">so want to buy him...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">wonder if husband would notice</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">hee hee</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';" ><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfAQdjKmz3Wg891A5aCUhwkeoAdMv259sMeCOl270LmcFzSA0D2hgDyNgMc_sw8gTFD9TyZwLxoLyrCKBYOcFE2UNB5mx0kESN0oiKqJecfQtfVuSWACfgZ5og9C-cc27S1ZW5EZ_aTcDd/s1600/pig.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfAQdjKmz3Wg891A5aCUhwkeoAdMv259sMeCOl270LmcFzSA0D2hgDyNgMc_sw8gTFD9TyZwLxoLyrCKBYOcFE2UNB5mx0kESN0oiKqJecfQtfVuSWACfgZ5og9C-cc27S1ZW5EZ_aTcDd/s320/pig.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683739297809082530" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">look at that face!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">I spotted him in one of the local antique places</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">I was actually searching for two other things</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">to stash away</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">and take with me to the States</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">1) a Victorian hot water bottle</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">weird, I know</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">but when I first moved to the UK</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">I saw them all over the place and wondered what they were</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">haha</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">will remind me of first moving here</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPU2VPbkkfwLM-bQn8rLdLPpAqYmhb8Yn613cyWODkLGN-DDZFcq50MW_UyaQ953jo3qm98qUvIS6etV7NsKXOnBIcpUk4mpYNyoxGnmVJrMlvvzVOrJLpmf9bRQYfwfXSMB7zScI7kcsB/s1600/DownloadedFile-2.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPU2VPbkkfwLM-bQn8rLdLPpAqYmhb8Yn613cyWODkLGN-DDZFcq50MW_UyaQ953jo3qm98qUvIS6etV7NsKXOnBIcpUk4mpYNyoxGnmVJrMlvvzVOrJLpmf9bRQYfwfXSMB7zScI7kcsB/s320/DownloadedFile-2.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683743194912293938" style="cursor: pointer; width: 249px; height: 202px; " /></a><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">2) pie funnel</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">a ceramic blackbird</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">you put into your pie to let the steam out (is that right?)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">I don't actually bake, I just think they are cute!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">and again......had no idea what they were when first moved here</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj58WFRzU2fCMlA5ocir3SnBBX1eoIC9Jxn5m7iiH7_Dv7xXCQHoMHsLhusXISoqVH_2RgZcf-Wq1Pcca3feQGQefrsmW21vrbgqeF7RX_LLMFUDqhQqMHjkKlD6MskJ0mUB3LEacNddDD0/s1600/DownloadedFile.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj58WFRzU2fCMlA5ocir3SnBBX1eoIC9Jxn5m7iiH7_Dv7xXCQHoMHsLhusXISoqVH_2RgZcf-Wq1Pcca3feQGQefrsmW21vrbgqeF7RX_LLMFUDqhQqMHjkKlD6MskJ0mUB3LEacNddDD0/s320/DownloadedFile.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683743202408888738" style="cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 225px; " /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwOgXmB04NhGP815cnaE8JK7DqyQvqcyTm38ScPBoeh6PI0nqndm7C6hkIq6N2p8EttTYG1vHt2ciRG48XAFOE3lbZn8K7j4etY2RnRUuQAVHpgroqcIBj-qXsDMiIL0bLozGUiSDAk8xz/s1600/DownloadedFile-1.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwOgXmB04NhGP815cnaE8JK7DqyQvqcyTm38ScPBoeh6PI0nqndm7C6hkIq6N2p8EttTYG1vHt2ciRG48XAFOE3lbZn8K7j4etY2RnRUuQAVHpgroqcIBj-qXsDMiIL0bLozGUiSDAk8xz/s320/DownloadedFile-1.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683743195131645330" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">so......every other time I meander around the local</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">antique shops - there were dozens</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">of these things</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">this time, now that I actually want them,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">nothing</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">nil</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">nada</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">zilch</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">always the way, eh?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">next time, I won't think I want to buy them</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">am just wandering around........</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">then they will show up again! ha</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">thanks for stopping by!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">I know I am veering off </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">my usual arty-stitchy topics</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">such is my life right now.....</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">it is cold and rainy today</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">am hoping it gets colder!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">want to build a little fire in the front room tonight</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">hope everyone is healthy and happy out there</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">__a</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div>cardinal artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747858448788176879noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610486899040984165.post-84717093427679170152011-12-05T16:29:00.004+00:002011-12-05T16:59:27.684+00:00pretty little thing<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeiCsP7eqit2ZrmGz4YurcL4vRM-HeriYlUD8k79BXJPlh-oej3WIcW8l4Q_DFRa1PzkN0hEcUJhr0lJM7BbUSt6IzvSZeDIp-YO7sjvQIwVggKJ-EHhwISzT-deVJMBuUfK7u7MOniXHz/s1600/SDC10841.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeiCsP7eqit2ZrmGz4YurcL4vRM-HeriYlUD8k79BXJPlh-oej3WIcW8l4Q_DFRa1PzkN0hEcUJhr0lJM7BbUSt6IzvSZeDIp-YO7sjvQIwVggKJ-EHhwISzT-deVJMBuUfK7u7MOniXHz/s320/SDC10841.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682683120053151378" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">isn't she a beauty?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">I totally forgot to show her to you</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">my husband bought it for me</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">at the local car boot sale</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">right before my <a href="http://cardinalarts.blogspot.com/2011/09/open-studios-at-cardinal-arts.html">open studios</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">back at the end August!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">I have never heard of Jones, but</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">many people who have seen her know that name</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">I have only seen Singers so beautifully decorated</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">well....now I know why</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">Jones was a sewing machine company </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">started in Manchester in the 1800s</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCWKyUNVFNkiXkSQsTKqXKEnzS9AFO86iTc7wO1SUB_xqnsgl9wmmX0501QDYYj9UhQ6dAMXwX0oO6lQFRTkQppRiyzjSRzy6LXal1VdzfgmcMQnEhfmFr-Xsa-n5YO9NjIX2XXioBguzG/s1600/jug2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCWKyUNVFNkiXkSQsTKqXKEnzS9AFO86iTc7wO1SUB_xqnsgl9wmmX0501QDYYj9UhQ6dAMXwX0oO6lQFRTkQppRiyzjSRzy6LXal1VdzfgmcMQnEhfmFr-Xsa-n5YO9NjIX2XXioBguzG/s200/jug2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682685080674856002" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 191px; " /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">I saw these jugs outside of a furniture restoration place down from my house</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">ok, when I first saw the sign, it said </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">"100yr old Polish Jugs"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">and I wondered why they had jugs from Poland?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">luckily, I kept my mouth shut</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">when I went in to buy them</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">the guy who helped me started telling me </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">they had a huge pile of them</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">in their studio</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">they were at least 100yrs old........</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">and stored.......polish</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">oh!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">where am I? furniture restorer.......polish</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">not Polish! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">sheesh</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">don't tell Mr, but I am secretly hoarding things to take back with me</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">ok, not so secretly as he immediately noticed the jugs</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">but he didn't say anything</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">well, actually, he did start in on</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">"no room, shipping costs"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">but then he stopped</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">I think it might have to do with the </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">blue and white plate</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">you can just see in the background in the photo</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">which he came home with a few days earlier!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">ha</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">not much in the creativity line has been happening</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">my main dilemma, other than packing up my studio</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">which isn't really a dilemma, more of a </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">just get on with it!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">anyway</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">I have to pack up the studio and have it empty </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">by the end of the month</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">ok, no problem</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">however</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">I am going to be here for a few more months into the new year</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">now.......</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">do I bring my sewing machine to the house?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">how bout materials?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">where will they go?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">can use the dining table....</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">but there isn't anywhere to store anything</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">if I actually use the dining table for eating</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">(yes, I do use it for eating, thank you)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">what will I be working on?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">what materials do I bring with me?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">hm.....</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">on another note;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">it is finally getting cold! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">I like that</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">but....the usual problem</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">do I decorate for the holidays?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">or they should probably go into storage </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">with the rest of the studio things</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">since we will be at hubbie's parents</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">some day......I would like to really decorate our house</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">and be there to enjoy it for a bit</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">hope everyone is doing well</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">thank you so much for being here</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">__a</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>cardinal artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747858448788176879noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610486899040984165.post-26345945299297992932011-11-18T13:35:00.006+00:002011-11-18T14:20:46.635+00:00projects<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">don't know if you remember the sample</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">of the <a href="http://cardinalarts.blogspot.com/2011/08/finally-finised.html">soldier</a> I did</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">to be able to stitch on the community project </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">for the <a href="http://battleoflewes.wordpress.com/tapestry/">Battle of Lewes Tapestry</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGnV6X3UW7gB1w3xnMpUW3wssfz79svzrb3hhs3SLfyg7xIiBi0AQEkLcHduOBuYTChfq6jmC01qi3B0mIhBXmvpHavCXkjc7l4t2-TrKSbLDglEuhPhz87H5piZK12awrKkjSiDijVQ1h/s1600/SDC10780.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGnV6X3UW7gB1w3xnMpUW3wssfz79svzrb3hhs3SLfyg7xIiBi0AQEkLcHduOBuYTChfq6jmC01qi3B0mIhBXmvpHavCXkjc7l4t2-TrKSbLDglEuhPhz87H5piZK12awrKkjSiDijVQ1h/s400/SDC10780.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676331020806307778" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">two panels are worked on at once</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">in the<a href="http://www.sussexpast.co.uk/property/site.php?site_id=12"> Castle Museum</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">we work for 1-2 hours at a time</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">there will eventually be 5 panels</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">and will be hung in the museum</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRmr_tarxpk_DLihENL1J9RmCDNo-RVMNnrxPrZkhOo8ULqSnpc59o0zVTEt1HAkXnYafQMVuyRzhPBbWGfctTYX3Wm0z_FnHVNJVtNV_QbIOv7GzBsm_Dv2jGzEcA0c8oJmd5uSCJxoVp/s1600/SDC10778.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRmr_tarxpk_DLihENL1J9RmCDNo-RVMNnrxPrZkhOo8ULqSnpc59o0zVTEt1HAkXnYafQMVuyRzhPBbWGfctTYX3Wm0z_FnHVNJVtNV_QbIOv7GzBsm_Dv2jGzEcA0c8oJmd5uSCJxoVp/s400/SDC10778.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676331034765142386" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">this is a very bad photo of the</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">design</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEjjCjdbd6j6_k12nZNzAIeP4sqU3H6TD8ipBh4kzxKyaIIgmvKmz4OGtqINxy_CKqZcEMEMXOwirxtrtj4AuUJ8cKMPmbFGBrfrM6DMAmad28qDjumWfAstUt8V2lFmVk7mEFqC1h6Drt/s1600/SDC10782.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEjjCjdbd6j6_k12nZNzAIeP4sqU3H6TD8ipBh4kzxKyaIIgmvKmz4OGtqINxy_CKqZcEMEMXOwirxtrtj4AuUJ8cKMPmbFGBrfrM6DMAmad28qDjumWfAstUt8V2lFmVk7mEFqC1h6Drt/s400/SDC10782.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676331030366014210" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">this was taken weeks ago</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">so much more has been done</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">should take more photos</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu6XzhwDm0A3aSRy8fUpa7wXAk8uQ2gLUS3OXJKYd_Z6R2bRGe6fdRrJPrk2koEdsqoUo1p5a6qxPHlFtdIbm8bdD_LeQaDW3s8xvg8zaNPT81RgjoY5hWc9xjwfEuBophviLcoARRwYen/s1600/SDC10781.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu6XzhwDm0A3aSRy8fUpa7wXAk8uQ2gLUS3OXJKYd_Z6R2bRGe6fdRrJPrk2koEdsqoUo1p5a6qxPHlFtdIbm8bdD_LeQaDW3s8xvg8zaNPT81RgjoY5hWc9xjwfEuBophviLcoARRwYen/s400/SDC10781.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676331027653088962" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivchFs0wHJjDPM-0rOKcog25XradeqFOXDjnxxSz4EjwB7fCXbqCphokoRu5twBHF93GImQceb5HrxeBPWF6z0tI46HXjF_nQIgJbgKRnjveXV2n4BLonWKycR1T3O2byDk5bSR-JR8d5D/s1600/SDC10776.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivchFs0wHJjDPM-0rOKcog25XradeqFOXDjnxxSz4EjwB7fCXbqCphokoRu5twBHF93GImQceb5HrxeBPWF6z0tI46HXjF_nQIgJbgKRnjveXV2n4BLonWKycR1T3O2byDk5bSR-JR8d5D/s400/SDC10776.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676331017197943986" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">I am so thrilled to be a part of this!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">it is planned to be finished in two years! yikes......</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">that's a lot of stitching</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">I also participated in a "craft" show in Brighton last weekend</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">not much success, I have to admit......</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">but thought my table look quite fetching!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">(if I do say so myself)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-i6WCLQqhnUxI_ljPQsKda698vzcHfEq3rYIcCdd4bS-9BxKYMtZuji_ZhI2B9Hj-7mFGys0fsDeJCLh2Q-LUYn3CcuPH-OaMEyoM1r61_vnIADFN5CF2s-aZ1fUKmweQxVDEiABYfMER/s1600/SDC10838.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-i6WCLQqhnUxI_ljPQsKda698vzcHfEq3rYIcCdd4bS-9BxKYMtZuji_ZhI2B9Hj-7mFGys0fsDeJCLh2Q-LUYn3CcuPH-OaMEyoM1r61_vnIADFN5CF2s-aZ1fUKmweQxVDEiABYfMER/s400/SDC10838.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676333300206036866" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVAGwuVJnfOIITsWFOvTzA7Nce40-8dgMWGAOKIn1moVHA97yst4c3TM8D3DSxxLMdiv_wdlyM9NrqZL86MHGIFQ3zeM2m1HWROVFR2FIbyhe6GJ7Z10_qnTAu7d3AHzflN88-uVTWz7B9/s1600/SDC10837.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVAGwuVJnfOIITsWFOvTzA7Nce40-8dgMWGAOKIn1moVHA97yst4c3TM8D3DSxxLMdiv_wdlyM9NrqZL86MHGIFQ3zeM2m1HWROVFR2FIbyhe6GJ7Z10_qnTAu7d3AHzflN88-uVTWz7B9/s400/SDC10837.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676333289194880162" style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">see the whitish birds with the brown/orange tips?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">they are a pearlized white but I burnt them in the oven!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">they came out with these golden tips with gold flecks</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">a fantastic mistake</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJLd1PnUb0fDOHb-mZjO055pyU5e61qCAbOpWkOBdCEtQyADaZz64I8YABN3vkPSvT5jlQ6fwHrpWHKvXq4R8rFFt19IBv7yYRr-bCW9FBsd7L21DZODblxCtXkZmmR4WqVCvbMICzs30M/s1600/SDC10836.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJLd1PnUb0fDOHb-mZjO055pyU5e61qCAbOpWkOBdCEtQyADaZz64I8YABN3vkPSvT5jlQ6fwHrpWHKvXq4R8rFFt19IBv7yYRr-bCW9FBsd7L21DZODblxCtXkZmmR4WqVCvbMICzs30M/s400/SDC10836.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676333288493378578" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">my friend from Get Felt had her felted bags there too</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjounf867wm88g88ovPjwBjnncInxQiFX1RpSKWNNuHFvc6bpOXtkYpc8ECX6PFNofA1_Rvf7a317h798jYhhkAbfSSoR7GWR42wZwJkx2MSFQmC0K7GJNcvhTxewcWJ7QICQz1RBRIVtTT/s1600/SDC10834.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjounf867wm88g88ovPjwBjnncInxQiFX1RpSKWNNuHFvc6bpOXtkYpc8ECX6PFNofA1_Rvf7a317h798jYhhkAbfSSoR7GWR42wZwJkx2MSFQmC0K7GJNcvhTxewcWJ7QICQz1RBRIVtTT/s400/SDC10834.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676333287203722386" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 277px; " /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">all sorts of things have been going on here......</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">I went to a class at <a href="http://www.westdean.org.uk/">West Dean</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">that place is a.maze.ing!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">such a beautiful house and the college</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">has a huge range of classes</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">all run so well </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">I took a class by <a href="http://twobonesandabagle.blogspot.com/2011/03/julie-arkell-day.html">Julie Arkell</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">who is an artist I have admired for a long time</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">she is such a warm and friendly person</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">and has fabulous personal style!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVoTjdoopvho37Kwsrp2Qj00MPL2rcInaIsDUBxL_T-G8r01vY2RHzpzRM6qL6YIFYxr0IwbUD2bdeUSOYjmFScF9Koka2-hAQyygLBMXSRMkivDDp_ZKNBb4n-jIyo9UEXwidXcmzQpIh/s1600/j+sitting+02.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVoTjdoopvho37Kwsrp2Qj00MPL2rcInaIsDUBxL_T-G8r01vY2RHzpzRM6qL6YIFYxr0IwbUD2bdeUSOYjmFScF9Koka2-hAQyygLBMXSRMkivDDp_ZKNBb4n-jIyo9UEXwidXcmzQpIh/s400/j+sitting+02.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676336135351669058" style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:78%;">(photograph courtesy of <a href="http://lovelytextiles.blogspot.com/">http://lovelytextiles.blogspot.com</a>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">I also went into the tapestry studio there</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">it is one of the last working tapestry studios in the UK</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">so cool!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">they had just finished making <a href="http://www.westdean.org.uk/Tapestry/News/NewsandEvents.aspx">4 pieces for Tracey Emin</a>!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">wish I could have seen them</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">but then again......if they were still working on them</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">we wouldn't have been able to go in the studio to see them anyway</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">let's see.......what else is going on?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">oh yes</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">I'm shutting down my studio</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">because</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">we are moving</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">to the US</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">sometime</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">fairly soon</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">happy, excited, scared, anxious, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">all at once!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">thank you so much for checking in</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">an hello to the new people who have </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">stumble upon my blog!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">have a lovely weekend</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>cardinal artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747858448788176879noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610486899040984165.post-63573534822386701722011-10-31T14:52:00.004+00:002011-10-31T15:03:34.393+00:00I know, I know<div style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2" face="verdana"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXIUq4_Ck79sq5ecY0uOs6GPVcwD6oaXmakX4NuthAqisx6qA3Uy4q-V0acjGUnR7sVJ0OooAS0KBR9LX-U8UJU0fe2lSqSdQdPB-szc3BC_MqWCC-mQh5OL1hhnpGZpYME7KHSsSWSEtO/s1600/SDC10714.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXIUq4_Ck79sq5ecY0uOs6GPVcwD6oaXmakX4NuthAqisx6qA3Uy4q-V0acjGUnR7sVJ0OooAS0KBR9LX-U8UJU0fe2lSqSdQdPB-szc3BC_MqWCC-mQh5OL1hhnpGZpYME7KHSsSWSEtO/s400/SDC10714.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669670571505338530" style="cursor: pointer; width: 323px; height: 400px; "></a></font><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2" face="verdana"> </font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="1">my French still life </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small; ">seems so long ago that I took this</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2" face="verdana"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2" face="verdana">yes, it really is me</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2" face="verdana">been a long time, hasn't it?</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2" face="verdana">not sure what has happened, but am having a hard time getting back to my blog........</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2" face="verdana">so sorry</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2" face="verdana"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2" face="verdana">I'll be back soon</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2" face="verdana">but wanted you to know I am still here!</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2" face="verdana"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2" face="verdana">please check back </font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2" face="verdana"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkHvwW9SnL8GvUIcUstRCjr_a86-2dfoEZ2JpZcplFHTEcFzaTkmGNhQSTFnZbwJAkz3S9bGY1M-Xc-sa0QJsVvu1kHt5DSZLfKA_WSVAeH6BVqQpigARXj4W7foq3BXr_QrUejaKUzfvE/s1600/SDC10743.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2" face="verdana"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkHvwW9SnL8GvUIcUstRCjr_a86-2dfoEZ2JpZcplFHTEcFzaTkmGNhQSTFnZbwJAkz3S9bGY1M-Xc-sa0QJsVvu1kHt5DSZLfKA_WSVAeH6BVqQpigARXj4W7foq3BXr_QrUejaKUzfvE/s400/SDC10743.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669670578548813618" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 278px; "></font></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana" size="1">Mont St Michel</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana" size="1">unbelievably beautiful</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana" size="1">a little island surrounded by sand and water</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2" face="verdana"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2" face="verdana">hope everyone out there is doing well</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2" face="verdana">and having a lovely fall.......</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2" face="verdana"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn40ThWFZ_sjS80V6UjfeLrNvdN4bY0V470FH1KLL7jlvHN6dP2QpopSHHTwn_P1YIXNAQ-ynzHUO_5MuC5tUNA-x6wdRyqC0cvoc84SjB4RIYMuW75em2M5gb-SjjQPcNgYcDr_1S0Ghz/s1600/SDC10742.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2" face="verdana"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn40ThWFZ_sjS80V6UjfeLrNvdN4bY0V470FH1KLL7jlvHN6dP2QpopSHHTwn_P1YIXNAQ-ynzHUO_5MuC5tUNA-x6wdRyqC0cvoc84SjB4RIYMuW75em2M5gb-SjjQPcNgYcDr_1S0Ghz/s400/SDC10742.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669670569783749138" style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; "></font></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana" size="1">what texture!</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana" size="1">a random shuttered window</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2" face="verdana"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2" face="verdana">thanks for checking in!</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2" face="verdana"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2" face="verdana">__a</font></div></div>cardinal artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747858448788176879noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610486899040984165.post-72274831662904071392011-09-02T11:08:00.003+01:002011-09-02T11:44:11.008+01:00Open Studios at Cardinal Arts<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDxtQ3OZsCJ7QD77WwjSLoCwN5aY_I0ta0IrMfx9WxVBv4g2t49XtnRfKW07B2uJNHB3VArTSnO2tsMnm1PdCVxaCTLtulD_fcS6LQuRORYkU8xkweu8xn6vHGRcLj-EBnJaB92BKZxTNH/s1600/SDC10682.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDxtQ3OZsCJ7QD77WwjSLoCwN5aY_I0ta0IrMfx9WxVBv4g2t49XtnRfKW07B2uJNHB3VArTSnO2tsMnm1PdCVxaCTLtulD_fcS6LQuRORYkU8xkweu8xn6vHGRcLj-EBnJaB92BKZxTNH/s400/SDC10682.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647703381098652754" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new'; font-size: small; ">here are some (rather bad) photos of my <a href="http://www.artwavefestival.org/">Open Studios</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">
<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1eUU0xhOK43-c56kry-OMw24DnXqlnpZvE4mBRXSoH9BXUkfKrGlbCboKFR4RX0lq7ldN87Upgc7TEnZBeDmUapIvVjJKz_mwCQW5CVV2zJKhP5bIf2TwjofdI8uCUSlmyHS7Hc32DIHa/s1600/SDC10678.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1eUU0xhOK43-c56kry-OMw24DnXqlnpZvE4mBRXSoH9BXUkfKrGlbCboKFR4RX0lq7ldN87Upgc7TEnZBeDmUapIvVjJKz_mwCQW5CVV2zJKhP5bIf2TwjofdI8uCUSlmyHS7Hc32DIHa/s400/SDC10678.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647703347931157074" style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">we opened over the Bank holiday weekend</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">and the turnout was.......</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">terrible</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">
<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjORBcDJPHscN51aYbbzgyzQ74fZlDVEm2m3Slb2pRZRdh0v_0LgWs9hUN8Ox0w-XA8npLb0c52-6wKvuGefmgwwkehxuLmkeFApwvlcDSBZTKor5uAHfmC3U3-aA2ahjlIU_LbnhbeypYO/s1600/SDC10681.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjORBcDJPHscN51aYbbzgyzQ74fZlDVEm2m3Slb2pRZRdh0v_0LgWs9hUN8Ox0w-XA8npLb0c52-6wKvuGefmgwwkehxuLmkeFApwvlcDSBZTKor5uAHfmC3U3-aA2ahjlIU_LbnhbeypYO/s400/SDC10681.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647703376933993858" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">am hoping this weekend will bring more people in</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">
<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">(should mention that the inspiration for these bird charms </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">came from the amazing, amazing, amazing artist <a href="http://blogdelanine.blogspot.com/">Geninne</a>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">
<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi99N29YfehVkf_jZbJFed3O67gorwb0dZtmnaER67Ir1mBIUpsusR6O8dTP7wU3yKmcKZlnKXMy4LF1iP0OpVVcBeJvTr9oDw2sBBD_c-DXF_hC7ob6mZc5vLqnnIn2QiQTLyrkajjVqcC/s1600/SDC10683.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi99N29YfehVkf_jZbJFed3O67gorwb0dZtmnaER67Ir1mBIUpsusR6O8dTP7wU3yKmcKZlnKXMy4LF1iP0OpVVcBeJvTr9oDw2sBBD_c-DXF_hC7ob6mZc5vLqnnIn2QiQTLyrkajjVqcC/s400/SDC10683.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647703377310571538" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">the people that do come in</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">are full of compliments</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">about the work and the set-up</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">
<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoPXI7hqfg5V3cMvl9xK6RYGaP6c9YZGXrKLrhulolvcGDK_RYt-2l1YoWjgvARQwcy_6uAK6T1fcggTbWbsyIogf3Pie3sAuIu6z1lXwlQKtsTmtHcT02tJCVTAyYqgEMVk2j2Y1lyFaK/s1600/SDC10677.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoPXI7hqfg5V3cMvl9xK6RYGaP6c9YZGXrKLrhulolvcGDK_RYt-2l1YoWjgvARQwcy_6uAK6T1fcggTbWbsyIogf3Pie3sAuIu6z1lXwlQKtsTmtHcT02tJCVTAyYqgEMVk2j2Y1lyFaK/s400/SDC10677.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647703344731551074" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">my studio is at one end of the town</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">so it seems to be difficult to get people down here</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">
<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6W5MDamtBIXNbYQ6pLaqzUm_oeLk9dfe3Gviaru1QRfXgFzpzfBP_n8JfaYNz7ou-kTinEn2RnokcKm1AyGCn4KAP1m1ekQWrYAAEbjypoufqHf0yc2pAAznLx0qpGq5BcV0iWfmtumMz/s1600/SDC10675.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6W5MDamtBIXNbYQ6pLaqzUm_oeLk9dfe3Gviaru1QRfXgFzpzfBP_n8JfaYNz7ou-kTinEn2RnokcKm1AyGCn4KAP1m1ekQWrYAAEbjypoufqHf0yc2pAAznLx0qpGq5BcV0iWfmtumMz/s400/SDC10675.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647702901872830290" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">altho, there are others near here -</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">and we are listed in the catalogue</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">
<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFRzTFxpzJeG7F4IouRfzMDaiys4fjZ_1QTFotQqyrQbSwar5Gy-GK6GsQupiPpXUZI6B4IOsCQcXqKfQWelYtyjDyJKQaHtu22XY1oeCeqXct0wkiUhU1EmL-9D2tiaS4bk9nzNJ2uMw8/s1600/SDC10673.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFRzTFxpzJeG7F4IouRfzMDaiys4fjZ_1QTFotQqyrQbSwar5Gy-GK6GsQupiPpXUZI6B4IOsCQcXqKfQWelYtyjDyJKQaHtu22XY1oeCeqXct0wkiUhU1EmL-9D2tiaS4bk9nzNJ2uMw8/s400/SDC10673.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647702897257209106" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">and right next to the<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Buttercup-Cafe/418446798451"> Buttercup Café</a>!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">
<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIOHeHnyTIwnVs4dznD4wObsCdm1qlTJwRFO5yAExrKgDikN-2jfjm_VNFOUhbuP0e50TmFhjhs7-63AHWtoE3yBFMIG0bhDk00TzPErVVP-p_q3ivgHOQbb9m6lxmYUkUwh6x1bus41Oc/s1600/SDC10672.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIOHeHnyTIwnVs4dznD4wObsCdm1qlTJwRFO5yAExrKgDikN-2jfjm_VNFOUhbuP0e50TmFhjhs7-63AHWtoE3yBFMIG0bhDk00TzPErVVP-p_q3ivgHOQbb9m6lxmYUkUwh6x1bus41Oc/s400/SDC10672.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647702893341199362" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">we'll see what happens</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">am still optimistic!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">
<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_zQrtutkPWZCkKUicm_rSeD6nqnFP6IKQXR_gImfCe18s1iGgaUnKmNWxFeo76Q2gFHq0CDpUosM10FkpwT-RCcXi0e7jW8qNewumqyWh_whru78Vrs5vpDmtOCQPhHxfaipr3Zw98RFA/s1600/SDC10669.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_zQrtutkPWZCkKUicm_rSeD6nqnFP6IKQXR_gImfCe18s1iGgaUnKmNWxFeo76Q2gFHq0CDpUosM10FkpwT-RCcXi0e7jW8qNewumqyWh_whru78Vrs5vpDmtOCQPhHxfaipr3Zw98RFA/s400/SDC10669.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647702888195768866" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">lovely felted bags by Get Felt</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">and the diaphanous knitted shrugs or capelettes</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">by <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/TuscanHandknits/status/6662025697">Tuscan Handknits</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">(despite the name, she is a local maker)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">I have sold the "capelette" hanging above the bags</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">LOVE to bags! they are knitted and then felted</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">fantastic colours and shapes</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">have sold a couple of those too</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">
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<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">it is a sunny day today</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">which is nice</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">even tho there is definitely a nip in the air</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">fall is coming soon!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">
<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">and so is my mother!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">
<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">she arrives next week - just in time to see the end of my show</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">then mother, me and S are going on holiday</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">we rented a gîte in France for 10 days</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">cannot wait</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">
<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">so looking forward to relaxing......</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">have a stack of books waiting</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">
<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">but before then</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">wish me luck!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">
<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">have a wonderful weekend!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">
<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">and a big hello to a couple new followers </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><b>thank you</b> for wanting to be included in my ramblings!</span></span></div>cardinal artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747858448788176879noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610486899040984165.post-22997367139777675752011-08-19T12:55:00.009+01:002011-08-19T13:32:45.592+01:00Artwave getting closer<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">well, here I am;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><div style=" text-align: center; font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">still working towards getting my studio ready</span></div><div style=" text-align: center; font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">for the Lewes Open Studios:</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://www.artwavefestival.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:180%;"><b>Artwave</b></span></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">
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<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">other birds in progress</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">these are made with clay and hand painted</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK_8Cwn2WM01b_rqlT24ra7kWbgWTWj9hrZM8PKKIlDdF05u7TIQW3peHxIq4WiSe4e1-wk6X1-0ntGaUQuJrRE8PJHd_u2CF-9kG6ZZxei9K9guGpKeKOWdtmEUQYDAG2PHMLoDbBS_M1/s1600/SDC10662.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK_8Cwn2WM01b_rqlT24ra7kWbgWTWj9hrZM8PKKIlDdF05u7TIQW3peHxIq4WiSe4e1-wk6X1-0ntGaUQuJrRE8PJHd_u2CF-9kG6ZZxei9K9guGpKeKOWdtmEUQYDAG2PHMLoDbBS_M1/s320/SDC10662.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642535515031288802" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">
<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">how cute are these?!</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">more clay birds covered in various papers and tissue</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYpo17u5URJDu2H7Jcv-Fv5wNPhoJp8L_BaAdy0cuz38AVax5s2heEkV2lUdfErYPYJhypzKb9ifZDWGNqATbVVOI9HxcHrYMLIhqBW5Erthc47XXe8X06-DdZ3h14GQA_dnxeQFkdkkM_/s1600/SDC10663.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYpo17u5URJDu2H7Jcv-Fv5wNPhoJp8L_BaAdy0cuz38AVax5s2heEkV2lUdfErYPYJhypzKb9ifZDWGNqATbVVOI9HxcHrYMLIhqBW5Erthc47XXe8X06-DdZ3h14GQA_dnxeQFkdkkM_/s320/SDC10663.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642535511841219954" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">
<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">ready to be strung up with beads</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">like this</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijeQcaV_oUf8Wcw6GKZn3-UVsvnMY3XBEpsTlpQrEz6WePVaa9wDyuquE_TLfviVUpBNrdNfs7BMJLW6tK6XG5oZIAN8vx7H63U1NQ-zEysVn3BsLh23MxEDvVINHOBh6EAwlKFagJADPv/s1600/SDC10656.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijeQcaV_oUf8Wcw6GKZn3-UVsvnMY3XBEpsTlpQrEz6WePVaa9wDyuquE_TLfviVUpBNrdNfs7BMJLW6tK6XG5oZIAN8vx7H63U1NQ-zEysVn3BsLh23MxEDvVINHOBh6EAwlKFagJADPv/s320/SDC10656.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642538277500481506" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">(hand not included)</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">
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<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">more mini canvases</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXNPwuiHcibahkDIWojL2ELBhD6w2chH36FJT7-alowSKgSYZi_L-9R3ddjokhfrTzDl0JuxEig4ImA5ox-ccUY_-2wkHyLWgfIsnA48MdiXy5N69PXnmnE8UC4YDTRs88mUy0RWRv9eX0/s1600/SDC10658.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXNPwuiHcibahkDIWojL2ELBhD6w2chH36FJT7-alowSKgSYZi_L-9R3ddjokhfrTzDl0JuxEig4ImA5ox-ccUY_-2wkHyLWgfIsnA48MdiXy5N69PXnmnE8UC4YDTRs88mUy0RWRv9eX0/s320/SDC10658.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642538282781571746" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">
<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">that will eventually look like these</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">I made earlier</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwVdVgJNpmKY-jSlre2bbZizQephlmpi7qrfWdrpKkhzvYbo9ngbiIgLKjm3HV1M_YfkXx04vKen0Oxd_qnx29hdG-HR63_FSCKQPSkZFSzIcGng8raqx3l4VZx50hcbGBMM-XPn7ZplOY/s1600/SDC10660.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwVdVgJNpmKY-jSlre2bbZizQephlmpi7qrfWdrpKkhzvYbo9ngbiIgLKjm3HV1M_YfkXx04vKen0Oxd_qnx29hdG-HR63_FSCKQPSkZFSzIcGng8raqx3l4VZx50hcbGBMM-XPn7ZplOY/s320/SDC10660.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642538286385864866" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK-UFGEu_aQnAX5p7PUUD6I6AtL027L5bCxiYS7zwkKuLcISls97Asvnh0BOlM7tPcNzdAXyqqk7hTOZzyuHmCWPCHIcCVGzkN2vmsi3iU1E_1hJDPhqUTMRHd1lrOHGt76_-PRt6LaU1Q/s1600/SDC10661.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK-UFGEu_aQnAX5p7PUUD6I6AtL027L5bCxiYS7zwkKuLcISls97Asvnh0BOlM7tPcNzdAXyqqk7hTOZzyuHmCWPCHIcCVGzkN2vmsi3iU1E_1hJDPhqUTMRHd1lrOHGt76_-PRt6LaU1Q/s320/SDC10661.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642538290457199218" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">
<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">I also want to do more</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">of my usual free machine stitched pieces</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">similar to this</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw2K8nGNxKnsOpG3NjdSY4do4Esn7Kc0MvYilrRfA7RL7V1utBtJImOPUli5nqVtFrNxcGgQGX1YLKker9m9i4GLurbVafyB1uxnRc-i6daBuEt-TdC6rZTbFs7YFKJuB6tGrtxziQtaJ5/s1600/SDC10494.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw2K8nGNxKnsOpG3NjdSY4do4Esn7Kc0MvYilrRfA7RL7V1utBtJImOPUli5nqVtFrNxcGgQGX1YLKker9m9i4GLurbVafyB1uxnRc-i6daBuEt-TdC6rZTbFs7YFKJuB6tGrtxziQtaJ5/s320/SDC10494.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642539494689310690" style="cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 320px; " /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">
<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">in this terrible photo</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">I tried to show you one piece I finished for the show</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguE8xXGIUyrx0YFjlHBsAae_MPY_eJ0c-pNPop2IrC67G3r3dFdDBq87f1IIPu2I_uRignai3rcc4nHH7S73fHN675U5IZasIbDbYiB57chL14ZOHTMf_Onc-On25htIteVX32ioNIbw09/s1600/SDC10664.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguE8xXGIUyrx0YFjlHBsAae_MPY_eJ0c-pNPop2IrC67G3r3dFdDBq87f1IIPu2I_uRignai3rcc4nHH7S73fHN675U5IZasIbDbYiB57chL14ZOHTMf_Onc-On25htIteVX32ioNIbw09/s320/SDC10664.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642538291042800818" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">
<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">detail of above picture</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">was experimenting with <a href="http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/3725/beginners-silk-ribbon-embroidery-five-easy-stitches/page/3">silk embroidery</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDqhX5WNhdMplg6pHLB9jOp890LsTUczNxFAExxJ7YgLgqTygjM3v8OWOehm0NAGy3X5PD6zfP-A7jc5DeWWTObE-6mmP-Ih81j_fxPlWBoYmaugQGW1TUZ39ImPuqpQTSwW_tWEpmor2X/s1600/SDC10665.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDqhX5WNhdMplg6pHLB9jOp890LsTUczNxFAExxJ7YgLgqTygjM3v8OWOehm0NAGy3X5PD6zfP-A7jc5DeWWTObE-6mmP-Ih81j_fxPlWBoYmaugQGW1TUZ39ImPuqpQTSwW_tWEpmor2X/s320/SDC10665.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642540008783555202" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">
<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">lots more to do!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">
<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">oh! and I did get selected to join the</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">volunteer stitchers for the</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">Battle of Lewes Tapestry</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">I start next week</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">am hoping I can take some photos</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">of the progress to show you</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">
<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">have a sunny, creative weekend everyone</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">and thank you, thank you</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">for stopping by!</span></div></div>cardinal artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747858448788176879noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610486899040984165.post-46877642906815123362011-08-10T15:52:00.008+01:002011-08-10T17:54:13.798+01:00finally finished<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhrs_kAyrLobkrhLwaAxQr5wGwhqdpUwwy0HRBBCBT2J1slylpUNHxmyA8IK6rct59iZEKlNQCGKCjbN8kapJ31k3MFj6QEk4XjJ5UM-tvGJT-k9Gfyd8pf9omMb2UtN7A4syASn85w9-2/s1600/SDC10652.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhrs_kAyrLobkrhLwaAxQr5wGwhqdpUwwy0HRBBCBT2J1slylpUNHxmyA8IK6rct59iZEKlNQCGKCjbN8kapJ31k3MFj6QEk4XjJ5UM-tvGJT-k9Gfyd8pf9omMb2UtN7A4syASn85w9-2/s320/SDC10652.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639241370081211266" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">
<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">whew</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">finally, after much procrastination and wool drama</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">I finished the tapestry sample</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">now.......lets hope it is good enough</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">to get into the group of volunteers</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">stitching a <a href="http://battleoflewes.wordpress.com/tapestry/">tapestry</a> to commemorate</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">the Battle of Lewes</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">
<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5K1Y3mHWP4qm2TDMr4Rsrz4JOoMPSLu3AZ3DQTc_718H3-QucI7hFC4vIgJvAH94eCZt3qpFy7kFLSjBVIYFDYIMHyK6UAVuFv0Ds3Y1_MA0DZgCqDi_VD9IHmt-MaEyJ2hYsK6kwttHI/s1600/SDC10649.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5K1Y3mHWP4qm2TDMr4Rsrz4JOoMPSLu3AZ3DQTc_718H3-QucI7hFC4vIgJvAH94eCZt3qpFy7kFLSjBVIYFDYIMHyK6UAVuFv0Ds3Y1_MA0DZgCqDi_VD9IHmt-MaEyJ2hYsK6kwttHI/s320/SDC10649.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639241365304499826" style="cursor: pointer; width: 198px; height: 320px; " /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">
<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">in between stitching this</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">or.........looking for the correct wool</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">I have gone back to making a few more <a href="http://cardinalarts.blogspot.com/2011/05/birds-and-chairs.html">stuffed birds</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">
<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">am done painting my little clay birds too</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">now, to string them up and add some sparkle!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">I tried one</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">and realised the birds are so heavy</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">their birdy bottoms stick in the air</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">instead of their birdy beaks</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">panic!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">and then; clever me</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">thought about finding some sort of weight</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">so went to the local fishing equipment shop</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">they thought I was really strange</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">(not the first time that has happened)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">I guess they are used to people coming in</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">knowing what the fishing weighty things are actually called</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">oh; and knowing what size and weight</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">“can’t I just look at them? hold them in my hand?”</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">
<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">anyway.......got some</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">and they seemed to be working on my test birdy</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">
<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">after I get that finished;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">back to more mini canvasses, I think</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">I also want to do a few <a href="http://cardinalarts.blogspot.com/2011/07/sold.html">bigger pieces</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">like I normally do</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">
<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">here are a few photos from the </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">Southover Grange Gardens</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">which is not too far from my house</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><b>such</b> a beautiful place!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">the plantings are so spectacular</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">and I love how they juxtapose the most</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">vibrant colours next to each other</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">(doesn’t really come out that well in the pics)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">but.......you get the picture</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">AND</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">it all surrounds a lovely Eizabethan house</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">
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<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">thank you so much for stopping by</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">hope you all are having a creative week</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">
<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">and in the States; not burning up</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">in the UK; not molding....or too badly affected by these riots</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">
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<br /></div>cardinal artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747858448788176879noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610486899040984165.post-54915813966051224772011-08-01T13:33:00.005+01:002011-08-01T13:59:32.724+01:00back to work!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">just spent a nice weekend in Germany</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">in a little town we lived in for 3 years</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">cannot believe that was 8 years ago! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">weirdly; it was cold and rainy the whole time</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">and then I get back to the UK</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">and it is sunny and warm!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">usually the other way around</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ5HyG9aV5PvNt-onu56hBbGQI7mkL3OcAxjZVLHrqr9hPUEyGla79ts9bRlYpl46JDHRhT0kUIsnPlIbr7o-aQSWar0WfmtYyUUYzk7cqBQUCiR4ZMYISOLSRCcCxvSEyymP0TPDWaM_f/s1600/SDC10614.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ5HyG9aV5PvNt-onu56hBbGQI7mkL3OcAxjZVLHrqr9hPUEyGla79ts9bRlYpl46JDHRhT0kUIsnPlIbr7o-aQSWar0WfmtYyUUYzk7cqBQUCiR4ZMYISOLSRCcCxvSEyymP0TPDWaM_f/s320/SDC10614.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635865574218439330" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">the town was having a </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">Middle Ages Fest </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a 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new';font-size:85%;">a lovely felted acorn top</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxl1xz-CSZoun6LonrY8lQpDbbGIqG8_qH0hwbPT8rn1lFLaqkH47m162j_7-YvFe41a8ZuANnIvaaaUOyk4ZN7Cp7YNCcyy48nTVeM1ipkmkbikpqsn36FCBMENTP3kTQVoIs-x5P-uYa/s1600/SDC10609.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxl1xz-CSZoun6LonrY8lQpDbbGIqG8_qH0hwbPT8rn1lFLaqkH47m162j_7-YvFe41a8ZuANnIvaaaUOyk4ZN7Cp7YNCcyy48nTVeM1ipkmkbikpqsn36FCBMENTP3kTQVoIs-x5P-uYa/s320/SDC10609.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635865564921096386" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">minstrels below the tower</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEIvjlijtktZp31nnm67fKzT_Z_pnpjKKAkRp0ZU9Ctb7XWXAJHlU4CQJawmpjdAe2AFKXh49_J-M2HrPyCrV_B4z_QN37H3MidcxgoK5yR0lFIOM-am-D4VKUSjmMg9C-YU6mrgHegNce/s1600/SDC10607.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEIvjlijtktZp31nnm67fKzT_Z_pnpjKKAkRp0ZU9Ctb7XWXAJHlU4CQJawmpjdAe2AFKXh49_J-M2HrPyCrV_B4z_QN37H3MidcxgoK5yR0lFIOM-am-D4VKUSjmMg9C-YU6mrgHegNce/s320/SDC10607.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635866155275828962" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiheL-_zcKuHsPcYeM1s1YmHhu2Xn_rMOBQyhFJFWR_5mWcnm0QJFO_KtbUAjmk7KjznS3I5x6e0lRuZVR9N0xCSPAYXoYldVXLXKfKAVMXE4MI4iFjAdoRadYvY5QU4An-J1Emb6n3iG_e/s1600/SDC10603.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiheL-_zcKuHsPcYeM1s1YmHhu2Xn_rMOBQyhFJFWR_5mWcnm0QJFO_KtbUAjmk7KjznS3I5x6e0lRuZVR9N0xCSPAYXoYldVXLXKfKAVMXE4MI4iFjAdoRadYvY5QU4An-J1Emb6n3iG_e/s320/SDC10603.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635865562120901218" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">even Middle <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Agers</span> need a coffee break</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY2wTzoRtb3NUircYHVos6EOPtASrftZ4Rp91Szdu1dP6UF14Q5QWImKz1_lBRhqsWf6ngyRrHor1PLQkopweu0qvpyX8vOcdN21OCcKJCIEACuPwh5AMhdqgz8dASjxU4wrFEh87jOMId/s1600/SDC10602.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY2wTzoRtb3NUircYHVos6EOPtASrftZ4Rp91Szdu1dP6UF14Q5QWImKz1_lBRhqsWf6ngyRrHor1PLQkopweu0qvpyX8vOcdN21OCcKJCIEACuPwh5AMhdqgz8dASjxU4wrFEh87jOMId/s1600/SDC10602.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY2wTzoRtb3NUircYHVos6EOPtASrftZ4Rp91Szdu1dP6UF14Q5QWImKz1_lBRhqsWf6ngyRrHor1PLQkopweu0qvpyX8vOcdN21OCcKJCIEACuPwh5AMhdqgz8dASjxU4wrFEh87jOMId/s320/SDC10602.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635865560430473618" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">some Scots had invaded too</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">beautiful leather drum on his back</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">(am sure there is a specific name for it......sorry)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">am now back home</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">and back to getting things ready for the <a href="http://www.artwavefestival.org/">Open Studios</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">a friend of mine brought in some lovely</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">needlepoint <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">cushions</span> for the show</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">they look great against my</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Guatemalan</span> blanket</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">(oh - but you can barely see the actual blanket)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivJbN9QJXKtcLgPDlHEecgU7rIg8MV7EkmQcv1xlbYu-WHOFDInZh5TZ45Rz7v8orvqogCODsUp_gxSmm3SOjE5ZFHuysniCiODo1tlHJaY30-bXXOFfe9RB2ZVKt3SSISn-5F0OWs4nn3/s1600/SDC10623.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivJbN9QJXKtcLgPDlHEecgU7rIg8MV7EkmQcv1xlbYu-WHOFDInZh5TZ45Rz7v8orvqogCODsUp_gxSmm3SOjE5ZFHuysniCiODo1tlHJaY30-bXXOFfe9RB2ZVKt3SSISn-5F0OWs4nn3/s320/SDC10623.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635867653547755234" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">oh look - birds!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">haha</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">have made these little <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">clay</span> birds</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">some are painted some are covered</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">with printed tissue papers</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3YD3a_mZBvL-pqumCnOVuGT0nDfl2vJlK8p8ou-fchUtKyth0586LAxUKKJS_09j2MDxTdrtYj2X5QicETXMwDPcD9gvgrR-LRZqXgCB2y6hNRG0dKAwTpxS5ba9Rxz3ejr1U-Aj2a8-u/s1600/SDC10621.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3YD3a_mZBvL-pqumCnOVuGT0nDfl2vJlK8p8ou-fchUtKyth0586LAxUKKJS_09j2MDxTdrtYj2X5QicETXMwDPcD9gvgrR-LRZqXgCB2y6hNRG0dKAwTpxS5ba9Rxz3ejr1U-Aj2a8-u/s320/SDC10621.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635867659382304098" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">am hoping to put them on ribbons and add</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">little charms and beads to the bottom</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi60oDtr5B-eMbMTs5Y-PbLgCsdCMEywdj4rFlwWzQNZSda5-yLrRZRnNAbaIlPEMqVdzeaA_U9vyNz6LeaNuwqF-xnDPxIGeNEerw2fXt78pPCWZceT3fq0_ydF6mPmhGjMCxAzedsphX3/s1600/SDC10619.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi60oDtr5B-eMbMTs5Y-PbLgCsdCMEywdj4rFlwWzQNZSda5-yLrRZRnNAbaIlPEMqVdzeaA_U9vyNz6LeaNuwqF-xnDPxIGeNEerw2fXt78pPCWZceT3fq0_ydF6mPmhGjMCxAzedsphX3/s320/SDC10619.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635867656359963522" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">have never done this before.......</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">so, we'll see how it goes</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">a strange thing happened recently</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">I have suddenly become attracted to </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/academicians/painters/elizabeth-blackadder-ra,163,AR.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">Elizabeth <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Blackadder</span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">her realistic botanical paintings are amazing</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">but that's not what is attracting me</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">it is her more whimsical, looser still life pantings</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">now......I am not a painter -</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">but I kind of want to try my hand </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">at least try to get the loose, lyrical feeling</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">and then add things on top; paper, etc</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">just a thought......but I need to keep <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">ahold</span> of it</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">and when <a href="http://www.artwavefestival.org/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Artwave</span></a> is over</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">maybe get out a little canvas and try it out!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">she is having a big exhibition in Edinburgh</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">but I think that is a little far for me to get to</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">might obtain a book of her paintings</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">to keep hold of the inspiration</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">so........happy week to everyone</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#ff6666;">thank you thank you</span> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">to my new followers! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:85%;">yea</span></div>cardinal artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747858448788176879noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610486899040984165.post-3658909056297245332011-07-21T11:07:00.009+01:002011-07-21T11:54:57.364+01:00mini canvasses n' stuff<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig6vTxOv7VRbKfvJP_TzbGBTvbbIFZvAPASo6sMOcIz5yElc5y7DOxuK3q6K1mie4GKKoab3p4vM05XxfOvMiJVyvh2MqG-e4evdSTQFQKZgBdWTMdwDZ0YPTA2ZN1cBXThufXyU0JqYc4/s1600/SDC10589.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig6vTxOv7VRbKfvJP_TzbGBTvbbIFZvAPASo6sMOcIz5yElc5y7DOxuK3q6K1mie4GKKoab3p4vM05XxfOvMiJVyvh2MqG-e4evdSTQFQKZgBdWTMdwDZ0YPTA2ZN1cBXThufXyU0JqYc4/s320/SDC10589.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631746075548764434" /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">I am having so much fun with these......</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">and am liking how they are turning out</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">(for the most part)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">I have several more to do - but wanted to finish some off</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">just to see how they'd look when completely done</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div 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center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2o1-bUJJQBqKb_uxc_WTHmCfRzLJKWiN2PGXWv5kvCgp3DkHrQtfcci50UcNxi5u9JNjiLbS0c67SA9F3kJLisVXkkDtYFC9QlCVEl7IeICR_KqBxtR9hr69qIxjLUPH2Xv5s0UEnqkBG/s1600/SDC10590.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2o1-bUJJQBqKb_uxc_WTHmCfRzLJKWiN2PGXWv5kvCgp3DkHrQtfcci50UcNxi5u9JNjiLbS0c67SA9F3kJLisVXkkDtYFC9QlCVEl7IeICR_KqBxtR9hr69qIxjLUPH2Xv5s0UEnqkBG/s320/SDC10590.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631746078463181058" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrVBxcipvcAV8n3hElJ3h_mIvcLy7QXsFRwnByJJ4jwnMDOCMlV7YGETQyOoIrf52oyPAq0v7Scf1vr0VcPLr5aulZ5YVBSnS73pxfCRFr9213_ztvaTopQOLatp8YdcUByY4qktdjLva2/s1600/SDC10591.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrVBxcipvcAV8n3hElJ3h_mIvcLy7QXsFRwnByJJ4jwnMDOCMlV7YGETQyOoIrf52oyPAq0v7Scf1vr0VcPLr5aulZ5YVBSnS73pxfCRFr9213_ztvaTopQOLatp8YdcUByY4qktdjLva2/s320/SDC10591.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631746103752340306" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">detail of one of the canvasses</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVXgAn3qHybNbVyOG5jt9I32mZULMz1yENBMt6Bktaft3TM0t9vuaqWMh6318j7b_8-cAJ2lFMqQ72whMItNl-2lEiHmbyMwQo9eg-p5bqcLjhCZGPl2sZPIhA6AXbqVj2Sq_nqt6SPnhm/s1600/SDC10595.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVXgAn3qHybNbVyOG5jt9I32mZULMz1yENBMt6Bktaft3TM0t9vuaqWMh6318j7b_8-cAJ2lFMqQ72whMItNl-2lEiHmbyMwQo9eg-p5bqcLjhCZGPl2sZPIhA6AXbqVj2Sq_nqt6SPnhm/s320/SDC10595.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631751310038625906" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">the other week S and I went to visit friends in Leeds</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">while S played golf, I went to the Great Yorkshire Show</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">here are some of the interesting animals I saw:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJtofdL8l8-c8756SwyufreXCC0RCxiFIlkPUDU71t97txl8Qlx-iJIIxOCCAqO5hhU1dEfa7_CIFu610ez1FyHGkTqj7c-BAJBeh1Hr4yf-Q6GPWij7xi0QQEXEs388n0oxDDn2MK1eId/s1600/SDC10555.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJtofdL8l8-c8756SwyufreXCC0RCxiFIlkPUDU71t97txl8Qlx-iJIIxOCCAqO5hhU1dEfa7_CIFu610ez1FyHGkTqj7c-BAJBeh1Hr4yf-Q6GPWij7xi0QQEXEs388n0oxDDn2MK1eId/s320/SDC10555.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631751329507541938" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJtofdL8l8-c8756SwyufreXCC0RCxiFIlkPUDU71t97txl8Qlx-iJIIxOCCAqO5hhU1dEfa7_CIFu610ez1FyHGkTqj7c-BAJBeh1Hr4yf-Q6GPWij7xi0QQEXEs388n0oxDDn2MK1eId/s1600/SDC10555.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">contemplating</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNw9nDXAp0w5wWs4RtsstbD5Aoa42iM9XtSDJxluKCmfED_aMzpchDZnp5fo9f3Q0x-1e1MUsJa2MZ_yY7dL3VCBVplN5Ba5HcK80g3kPjCkwC72y0hyphenhyphenWcyPVDdeyMp9ZNfJ6qGnlcokei/s1600/SDC10560.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNw9nDXAp0w5wWs4RtsstbD5Aoa42iM9XtSDJxluKCmfED_aMzpchDZnp5fo9f3Q0x-1e1MUsJa2MZ_yY7dL3VCBVplN5Ba5HcK80g3kPjCkwC72y0hyphenhyphenWcyPVDdeyMp9ZNfJ6qGnlcokei/s320/SDC10560.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631751324083832914" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNw9nDXAp0w5wWs4RtsstbD5Aoa42iM9XtSDJxluKCmfED_aMzpchDZnp5fo9f3Q0x-1e1MUsJa2MZ_yY7dL3VCBVplN5Ba5HcK80g3kPjCkwC72y0hyphenhyphenWcyPVDdeyMp9ZNfJ6qGnlcokei/s1600/SDC10560.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0EhIxQg6ERD0AMtfMdK-D-p-MeoChA_7GvRDnkBbzPMhwWffTBJbAz-jBdXXtdRUaVTwAC53Zo_XyVhvZHIcykSdarM29fFbwTCim3wIhBGwy7yyBE1pP-9grdf3PTk9tqqHVz6dvi3ea/s1600/SDC10552.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0EhIxQg6ERD0AMtfMdK-D-p-MeoChA_7GvRDnkBbzPMhwWffTBJbAz-jBdXXtdRUaVTwAC53Zo_XyVhvZHIcykSdarM29fFbwTCim3wIhBGwy7yyBE1pP-9grdf3PTk9tqqHVz6dvi3ea/s320/SDC10552.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631751320345719746" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">a face only a mother could love</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">(and my friend; she is crazy for pigs!)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0EhIxQg6ERD0AMtfMdK-D-p-MeoChA_7GvRDnkBbzPMhwWffTBJbAz-jBdXXtdRUaVTwAC53Zo_XyVhvZHIcykSdarM29fFbwTCim3wIhBGwy7yyBE1pP-9grdf3PTk9tqqHVz6dvi3ea/s1600/SDC10552.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXbIf14DraU8T8yWTt-_epobGCsyPp60R2nbuxZ1kOZkwkjPyxrIw7kyVU14926FNf1h3my-erYeskanr7lGGFCtV7qlvnNCeQGymj26LzNjHtJw3W_UL85Tnu2ZsHZkQJE01xbyloihmn/s1600/SDC10570.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXbIf14DraU8T8yWTt-_epobGCsyPp60R2nbuxZ1kOZkwkjPyxrIw7kyVU14926FNf1h3my-erYeskanr7lGGFCtV7qlvnNCeQGymj26LzNjHtJw3W_UL85Tnu2ZsHZkQJE01xbyloihmn/s320/SDC10570.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631752067967883666" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 230px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">bit too much fake tan?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7eoIeSmB5LXHqxdG3Ssm-46SPfH9QcFo4ZaoLLp7PCIDitlfm45oCgslVav8kUgWRrE-cZuV70E3U0yj4uriJJTI9xEwAxq5op8Zux-06Ushupgl97CNow2o_k_GHEevNO0BPn89WVCPz/s1600/SDC10567.jpg" onblur="try 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id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631752058940250882" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7eoIeSmB5LXHqxdG3Ssm-46SPfH9QcFo4ZaoLLp7PCIDitlfm45oCgslVav8kUgWRrE-cZuV70E3U0yj4uriJJTI9xEwAxq5op8Zux-06Ushupgl97CNow2o_k_GHEevNO0BPn89WVCPz/s320/SDC10567.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631752060108042914" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7eoIeSmB5LXHqxdG3Ssm-46SPfH9QcFo4ZaoLLp7PCIDitlfm45oCgslVav8kUgWRrE-cZuV70E3U0yj4uriJJTI9xEwAxq5op8Zux-06Ushupgl97CNow2o_k_GHEevNO0BPn89WVCPz/s1600/SDC10567.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a>try to get a comb through that!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO0jmPAPbRghu1b4H4gFxW-T65nIvLvy7R2EHBnc1CxyyePk5u_-BXCP4lHCqrxIbLHf2nTMnpFttOKkPfdno7cnFfE5LPxEqQb1PIB5zyyR7JdsnaOUu68DPHWinwJ64RKtAFKUn_k2Jb/s1600/SDC10564.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO0jmPAPbRghu1b4H4gFxW-T65nIvLvy7R2EHBnc1CxyyePk5u_-BXCP4lHCqrxIbLHf2nTMnpFttOKkPfdno7cnFfE5LPxEqQb1PIB5zyyR7JdsnaOUu68DPHWinwJ64RKtAFKUn_k2Jb/s320/SDC10564.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631752057736413282" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO0jmPAPbRghu1b4H4gFxW-T65nIvLvy7R2EHBnc1CxyyePk5u_-BXCP4lHCqrxIbLHf2nTMnpFttOKkPfdno7cnFfE5LPxEqQb1PIB5zyyR7JdsnaOUu68DPHWinwJ64RKtAFKUn_k2Jb/s1600/SDC10564.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a>this guy loved his head being scratched<br /><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBm5kIUV_zD1bVD8ZJeIptWDc0X3tv2wT_zJv7hSHfXMBHb90Dp3WWsu_bif14AClpPXE6Z0LBxmswBJJLCBqWkAL0f3AxUd9AfpOtT9ZuL1bgdCXZScZI0DXUVffy2BaMO9NtstkL-Ys-/s1600/SDC10562.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBm5kIUV_zD1bVD8ZJeIptWDc0X3tv2wT_zJv7hSHfXMBHb90Dp3WWsu_bif14AClpPXE6Z0LBxmswBJJLCBqWkAL0f3AxUd9AfpOtT9ZuL1bgdCXZScZI0DXUVffy2BaMO9NtstkL-Ys-/s320/SDC10562.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631752052381998914" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBm5kIUV_zD1bVD8ZJeIptWDc0X3tv2wT_zJv7hSHfXMBHb90Dp3WWsu_bif14AClpPXE6Z0LBxmswBJJLCBqWkAL0f3AxUd9AfpOtT9ZuL1bgdCXZScZI0DXUVffy2BaMO9NtstkL-Ys-/s1600/SDC10562.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">those curls!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1__7ghxdHgOunQ1t3g1aGuGt1L95oUnJMTz6Ob3iQHjdrLx1UU12I8gQNCNDE4ZCsZG4sB6dFBpsf0x2dWcFWMIxyGPld1rrCx8AkbChV6PD932XYxx7a-anjqSfJDu1WLIV-bf_4AIar/s1600/SDC10574.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1__7ghxdHgOunQ1t3g1aGuGt1L95oUnJMTz6Ob3iQHjdrLx1UU12I8gQNCNDE4ZCsZG4sB6dFBpsf0x2dWcFWMIxyGPld1rrCx8AkbChV6PD932XYxx7a-anjqSfJDu1WLIV-bf_4AIar/s320/SDC10574.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631753837571545554" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmFtjHXSMF1mwMhHZZLaiLQLnIeBfOEKid5-4-rX3CcPIllfT0r6kekhM1ch6NtpTlLBj1M8elan_fmx7ZUA2nqk0UQlwzV4m2OjeQiqlZc1UYvYz1kDhLrPhUbBw5HgDoCSZYZpdUNJea/s1600/SDC10576.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a>you lookin at me?!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">I want to show you a couple more things:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">I went on a little spree in the local antique shops</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">first up; rusted metal rose</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeEHP6AZ_zLB9qmEP19_FUTvP8S24QD7S4wTDCGapUdf5LxbJnFg2UofjOoWBlrAHr5ykkzouybgehuzRhaFEeOYa2tSiwMZiEh_7h8Ww3Xbe7hy5xjBTncuDk5l9dRw2X-6t6WQIk2iNC/s1600/metalrose.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeEHP6AZ_zLB9qmEP19_FUTvP8S24QD7S4wTDCGapUdf5LxbJnFg2UofjOoWBlrAHr5ykkzouybgehuzRhaFEeOYa2tSiwMZiEh_7h8Ww3Xbe7hy5xjBTncuDk5l9dRw2X-6t6WQIk2iNC/s320/metalrose.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631755108244333394" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">second; a bamboo drinks trolley</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">I have differing opinions on this one</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">not that I really care because I love it</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">but......a few people have looked askance</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">when I showed them</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">too kitsch?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWWmDEMVf-r1Zr8cPkmmjev9AzSVg513Iizw_aeDeBUXn-TOoKfx7fFOQvMjd44sWpQa8yzjsHZSFLW_qcs-q7J6lqP5qTrIOW8Xbx5B7MK0jH4cV1_kqNV9yjola0E2t1vzP9i0Q-mBNN/s1600/drinkstrolly.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWWmDEMVf-r1Zr8cPkmmjev9AzSVg513Iizw_aeDeBUXn-TOoKfx7fFOQvMjd44sWpQa8yzjsHZSFLW_qcs-q7J6lqP5qTrIOW8Xbx5B7MK0jH4cV1_kqNV9yjola0E2t1vzP9i0Q-mBNN/s320/drinkstrolly.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631755108388744210" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWWmDEMVf-r1Zr8cPkmmjev9AzSVg513Iizw_aeDeBUXn-TOoKfx7fFOQvMjd44sWpQa8yzjsHZSFLW_qcs-q7J6lqP5qTrIOW8Xbx5B7MK0jH4cV1_kqNV9yjola0E2t1vzP9i0Q-mBNN/s1600/drinkstrolly.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">not sure what I will do with it;</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">maybe paint it shiny black? shiny red?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">altho I also like the natural colour</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">use it as an actual drinks trolley</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">or</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">some sort of display unit in the studio?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><div style="text-align: center; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">what do you think?</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">hope everyone is having a creative week</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">looking forward to the weekend?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">I wouldn't mind a bit less rain</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">altho, am not too envious of the </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">blistering heat wave in the States</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">thank you so much for stopping by</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">appreciate your interest</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">__a</span></span></div></div></span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div></span></span></span></div>cardinal artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747858448788176879noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610486899040984165.post-91709698266076224672011-07-12T15:07:00.006+01:002011-07-12T15:17:56.623+01:00sold!!<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCMmyMPtPwxLEPDAX_hkjS2WQPgmj04NKJ14dLYBNLdV4KszfE8yFeYI3ys5uo7GxSpRmBQpwPBQ6tYDntJNwfG0S85GLiOUOy9axygK3-ko45fVqAhCwmEAAL8wwb-CU-toDVya7qMNLD/s1600/schulte_cardinalarts_continueforward.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCMmyMPtPwxLEPDAX_hkjS2WQPgmj04NKJ14dLYBNLdV4KszfE8yFeYI3ys5uo7GxSpRmBQpwPBQ6tYDntJNwfG0S85GLiOUOy9axygK3-ko45fVqAhCwmEAAL8wwb-CU-toDVya7qMNLD/s320/schulte_cardinalarts_continueforward.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628468589754224162" /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDq1G7C5a_PUOjQNMPkHC8Y_3nhCkQNX3kbv67XqPiIx8MAJMyPBqcfXBOpLBcl2CPbpg4qyS0pxQdAed4SaakH7p0TFO-G9QOeKIOePjkldZ3CxNTmimTgEjPHvoqz32SprTj1oVDHMir/s1600/SDC10520.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDq1G7C5a_PUOjQNMPkHC8Y_3nhCkQNX3kbv67XqPiIx8MAJMyPBqcfXBOpLBcl2CPbpg4qyS0pxQdAed4SaakH7p0TFO-G9QOeKIOePjkldZ3CxNTmimTgEjPHvoqz32SprTj1oVDHMir/s320/SDC10520.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628467988305511362" /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">woo hoo!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">I walked into the Preview party for the show I was in this past weekend</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">and was told one of my pieces had been sold!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">how exciting is that?!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">only thing is; I have no idea who bought it</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">would be nice to know</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">I wonder if the people putting on the show would tell me</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">anyway.......</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">that was such a thrilling thing for me</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a 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style="font-family:'courier new';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5QHtT7sxH0BlwIAOYZqIwfi-qnX4eQ3yEaL3UyPQQ4XpJ40QlCucFMB15BjQEPCF338ARYdwvytzpeiHecC6jv4J4A7r2NqWCx6KdRGGQ31QFFA357e_5ZrWqgOySDTg_M83y1CyWzl7_/s320/SDC10521.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628467990983543954" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">am going out of town with my hubby for a few days</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">and then back to the mini canvasses!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">I did work out how to stitch into them</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">so am adding various stitches and embellishments</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">to the backgrounds</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">also need to find some old-looking beads</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">bought a bag of old ribbons that I hope to use also</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">will show you when I have finished</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">I know its only Tuesday and all</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">but hope everyone has a productive week</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">and a fun-filled, sunny (but not to hot)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">weekend!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">thank you SO much for coming by</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">do appreciate your interest!!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">__a</span></span></div>cardinal artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747858448788176879noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610486899040984165.post-400071210828474462011-07-07T15:14:00.003+01:002011-07-07T15:29:45.852+01:00and now for something completely different<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiooREjMZJ0MoXuEvHNf07jveJrI8SujzTJghmbbzxucn39KyDuEZcnEeckepk37aGXhTWvdzIjcPLwJaK4Kfl2XMdZc2Rq5AxzgpRvX8OhKzw8Y_2rC6zUeL_QVqEM9DKhrlGaDVj9JGTY/s1600/SDC10507.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiooREjMZJ0MoXuEvHNf07jveJrI8SujzTJghmbbzxucn39KyDuEZcnEeckepk37aGXhTWvdzIjcPLwJaK4Kfl2XMdZc2Rq5AxzgpRvX8OhKzw8Y_2rC6zUeL_QVqEM9DKhrlGaDVj9JGTY/s320/SDC10507.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626614302742402594" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">our beautiful hydrangea - when we bought it, I didn't realise </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">it was a lacecap</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">and such vivid purpley blue!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">the middle bit has started to shed parts of the little petals</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">so there is a sprinkling of blue underneath the plant</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">the stems, which I didn't get a picture of</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">are very dark; almost black, which looks amazing next to the blue flowers</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOma8R-lQetbLHz-uPuBdliZwa55DXSfug-8Pxrh-XBWoNN_-RPAsicD86nR2VvzJ5jPKAFGAQxhBYt3QttjKVc1hXicNYPqbU7XWTKHtF00_alztDXxbYyepFK5yZnibKy8bNtlkbUEBN/s1600/SDC10519.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGfB6vLppjZa7F7tbXM-0HyvHZ80MI0mGOhp7-T7NVJt8bs05qxIVBgtgEjvLZM4yKZMyVxVxnESlqYCnE73EUUtUUhn9LhfZ6jjqOKHYBKDCTWZH9tps7Jsr7v8MzrO1RP017-0ScPL7h/s1600/SDC10515.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGfB6vLppjZa7F7tbXM-0HyvHZ80MI0mGOhp7-T7NVJt8bs05qxIVBgtgEjvLZM4yKZMyVxVxnESlqYCnE73EUUtUUhn9LhfZ6jjqOKHYBKDCTWZH9tps7Jsr7v8MzrO1RP017-0ScPL7h/s320/SDC10515.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626614304743309122" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOma8R-lQetbLHz-uPuBdliZwa55DXSfug-8Pxrh-XBWoNN_-RPAsicD86nR2VvzJ5jPKAFGAQxhBYt3QttjKVc1hXicNYPqbU7XWTKHtF00_alztDXxbYyepFK5yZnibKy8bNtlkbUEBN/s1600/SDC10519.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">I bought some mini canvasses</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">so today have been playing around with them</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOma8R-lQetbLHz-uPuBdliZwa55DXSfug-8Pxrh-XBWoNN_-RPAsicD86nR2VvzJ5jPKAFGAQxhBYt3QttjKVc1hXicNYPqbU7XWTKHtF00_alztDXxbYyepFK5yZnibKy8bNtlkbUEBN/s1600/SDC10519.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC_XGSxIhUDOX-O-ADI2msRRIeNhsQ-dKooWWgprXrS-YZjk7R6cV0Op8uQtEKisrCaWB6imbIUo0jAWAC2l6l4xT_p2FXPBYOqUzZKRylGGLJbgwNzIyh9qajh8bqbfEvSi4A05aXGeAb/s1600/SDC10517.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC_XGSxIhUDOX-O-ADI2msRRIeNhsQ-dKooWWgprXrS-YZjk7R6cV0Op8uQtEKisrCaWB6imbIUo0jAWAC2l6l4xT_p2FXPBYOqUzZKRylGGLJbgwNzIyh9qajh8bqbfEvSi4A05aXGeAb/s320/SDC10517.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626614313286796642" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">love the colours of the background paint</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">dress patterns and other bits of paper I have added</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMsYGkZz-9YZ1O95WKox_zV9qxI3HVfU94CtDbuUp7LT7Lb0Bw_yiybL3-DfTwndX2eTt20IjZIPfEIRpE7fm8Gby60jDlBqETyp9itqBRpB2ajqwYAwyP1k2ZBSxc51QAv3axluyoD01A/s1600/SDC10518.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMsYGkZz-9YZ1O95WKox_zV9qxI3HVfU94CtDbuUp7LT7Lb0Bw_yiybL3-DfTwndX2eTt20IjZIPfEIRpE7fm8Gby60jDlBqETyp9itqBRpB2ajqwYAwyP1k2ZBSxc51QAv3axluyoD01A/s320/SDC10518.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626614323907720626" /></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOma8R-lQetbLHz-uPuBdliZwa55DXSfug-8Pxrh-XBWoNN_-RPAsicD86nR2VvzJ5jPKAFGAQxhBYt3QttjKVc1hXicNYPqbU7XWTKHtF00_alztDXxbYyepFK5yZnibKy8bNtlkbUEBN/s1600/SDC10519.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOma8R-lQetbLHz-uPuBdliZwa55DXSfug-8Pxrh-XBWoNN_-RPAsicD86nR2VvzJ5jPKAFGAQxhBYt3QttjKVc1hXicNYPqbU7XWTKHtF00_alztDXxbYyepFK5yZnibKy8bNtlkbUEBN/s320/SDC10519.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626614519711562770" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">I want to add some texture with textiles and stitching</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">guess I should have seen whether I can get a needle</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">through all this before I started.......oops</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">but will find out soon enough!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">have to admit; this is kind of fun!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">when they dry - I want to add </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">embellishments with stitching (if possible)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">maybe some beads or buttons</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">and whatever else I can find</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">hope all is going well with you</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">thanks so much for dropping by!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">__a</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>cardinal artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747858448788176879noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610486899040984165.post-63356744925069981962011-07-01T14:02:00.004+01:002011-07-01T14:26:48.195+01:00new family member<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFt1ZbsxFVN2TH1WFbnnVrIN0GEReA-8vD5MtkaniBqWZAeLtIW4G4pzkgGOEXDulB4GoDCjDk0Q97dLyb6lhF_WZn9FijIedKqEzBCN2xZ27DRiesdgEvSuGNGzIajBbo4X7AwsHxWXfJ/s1600/SDC10502.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFt1ZbsxFVN2TH1WFbnnVrIN0GEReA-8vD5MtkaniBqWZAeLtIW4G4pzkgGOEXDulB4GoDCjDk0Q97dLyb6lhF_WZn9FijIedKqEzBCN2xZ27DRiesdgEvSuGNGzIajBbo4X7AwsHxWXfJ/s320/SDC10502.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624369187860871026" /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">this is Sirus</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">he is our new kitty</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">he is 9yrs old</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">half chinchilla (apparently, that is also a type of cat)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">half Persian</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and yes, he is very fluffy</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and likes to make sure every piece of clothing knows it!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX2f4a-h6QyIdBP93RX-_sh5JCSkkM0eJFiNNPnEMWqFmy-u94EQW-nDULjQpCfK7SEIcw8q2PnfaFs_BaacPO-W8mCt46kSFvg9lat9jk_QBxroofDC_7V9IL8hoebzsgWg8_NnKeC80A/s1600/SDC10504.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX2f4a-h6QyIdBP93RX-_sh5JCSkkM0eJFiNNPnEMWqFmy-u94EQW-nDULjQpCfK7SEIcw8q2PnfaFs_BaacPO-W8mCt46kSFvg9lat9jk_QBxroofDC_7V9IL8hoebzsgWg8_NnKeC80A/s320/SDC10504.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624369203661154258" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">he looks a bit scowly, but that is just the markings on his head</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">(I think)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaS0K53J_WXgFwL7bEzSo-jnuxXNApy_kBek3wTc8oZxmOx6Ju_p-2GUu-wLSnVH1fIT9m0942XTEfAqhdlfy4o7Jz4GGGGZgLYTzB8C-L6F73mBx0MDWQMqh05dR7xKdYfBwPR_PaJlCN/s1600/SDC10503.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaS0K53J_WXgFwL7bEzSo-jnuxXNApy_kBek3wTc8oZxmOx6Ju_p-2GUu-wLSnVH1fIT9m0942XTEfAqhdlfy4o7Jz4GGGGZgLYTzB8C-L6F73mBx0MDWQMqh05dR7xKdYfBwPR_PaJlCN/s320/SDC10503.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624369193528082498" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></a></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">practicing his movie star look</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">well, we are all getting used to each other </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and settling in</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">two of my pieces have been accepted to go into a local show,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">which I am VERY excited about</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I was asked to be in it last year</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">but this year it was an open submission</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">so was unsure whether I would be included</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><span class="header" style=" font-weight: normal; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Fri 8th-Sun 10th: Artists United – The Replay</span></span><br /><span class="header" style=" font-weight: normal; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:18px;"><img src="http://www.vivalewes.com/image/v3_artitsunited_00254.jpg" alt="" width="298" height="130" align="left" class="article_img" style="text-align: left; height: 130px; float: left; margin-right: 8px; " /></span><span class="article" style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: normal; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Last July our front cover heralded the first-ever Artists United exhibition, a spectacular collaboration between Lewes FC and about 70 of the town’s artists, which saw over a thousand visitors to the Foundry Gallery in one hot, hot weekend. The show was a fine fundraiser for the community-oriented football club (though the artists got over half the proceeds from the sale of their pictures) and organisers are hoping for more of the same this year. A couple of changes have been made, however, as Artist’s United - The Replay is open to everyone, subject to selection from an anonymous board of judges, and to make the exhibition more affordable, there is a cap of £500 on the sale price of each entry. Last year we heralded the show as ‘the art event of the year’ and while this might have been a little unfair on August’s massive Artwave Festival, you know where we’re coming from.<br /><br />Foundry Gallery, 1am - 5pm (closes 3pm Sunday), free</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><span class="article" style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: normal; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><span class="article" style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: normal; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjooy3dPYrj15SIAEEqAnfeHFXq-ryXaxw-FqjQqPjshAIAX9kXfSfAg1aqOkqST0eWP53p-2vdEtx_qhsh5-lpz0WJGGyd-i8RdDPVW0wjEgeLZ5ZbNTot0vNs1UigSnICtSiUC_vdiVVh/s1600/schulte_tulip.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjooy3dPYrj15SIAEEqAnfeHFXq-ryXaxw-FqjQqPjshAIAX9kXfSfAg1aqOkqST0eWP53p-2vdEtx_qhsh5-lpz0WJGGyd-i8RdDPVW0wjEgeLZ5ZbNTot0vNs1UigSnICtSiUC_vdiVVh/s320/schulte_tulip.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624371896608494194" style="cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 320px; " /></a> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglWTHeMO9WdkAo7PgIPeV-VfS0ytcV-PIgvQ6eDGZ0iuLUmpvKi-oPbZMMufVFi3Dp53Z0mDWLegG4NWDu5aTYuq6njwS_K5q-i_7JWUVoBUSZpTboCRvEMx-vw7D8tw1EbCROZtmAkylF/s1600/schulte_continueforward.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglWTHeMO9WdkAo7PgIPeV-VfS0ytcV-PIgvQ6eDGZ0iuLUmpvKi-oPbZMMufVFi3Dp53Z0mDWLegG4NWDu5aTYuq6njwS_K5q-i_7JWUVoBUSZpTboCRvEMx-vw7D8tw1EbCROZtmAkylF/s320/schulte_continueforward.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624371894318895218" style="cursor: pointer; width: 246px; height: 320px; " /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><span class="article" style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: normal; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><span class="article" style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: normal; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0); "><span class="article" style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">another project I am getting involved with is a tapestry </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0); "><span class="article" style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">my town is making to commemorate the</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0); "><span class="article" style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><a href="http://battleoflewes.wordpress.com/tapestry/">Battle of Lewes</a></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0); "><span class="article" style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="article" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I went to a little workshop this week</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="article" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">to learn a few of the stitches</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="article" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">they commissioned a local artist</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="article" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">to make the “cartoon”</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="article" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and local volunteers will be working on it</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="article" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">using traditional stitches</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="article" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="article" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">in order to qualify, I have to make a sampler</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="article" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">of the stitches I learned</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="article" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">we were given images to copy and fill with the various stitches</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="article" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">once I start mine; I will give you a little peak</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="article" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="article" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">looks like a nice weekend</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="article" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">think I might like a little BBQ tomorrow</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="article" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">oh; and husband is threatening a clear-out</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">he keeps focussing on the piles of clothes I have all over the bedroom</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">hm</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><span class="article" style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: normal; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="article" style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: normal; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">have a lovely weekend!</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="article" style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: normal; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="article" style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: normal; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">__a</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><span class="article" style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: normal; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><span class="article" style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: normal; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div>cardinal artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747858448788176879noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610486899040984165.post-60695851948131188092011-06-24T15:13:00.004+01:002011-06-24T15:24:52.268+01:00well, who’d have thought?<div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I finished the woodpecker!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">haha</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFFX8_wcWQEibvc2rnmUwrNVJkEKMDmULRqk2rBBYUOFOgaelpzdO-E0YI_fnI4NHGIirXYOBEfIzJxTyLg8cJLUvhHp3ZO42kLgMTAarjh6bYv4phb86NCZUq6pXsupNlMWY4gypUy7kl/s1600/SDC10497.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFFX8_wcWQEibvc2rnmUwrNVJkEKMDmULRqk2rBBYUOFOgaelpzdO-E0YI_fnI4NHGIirXYOBEfIzJxTyLg8cJLUvhHp3ZO42kLgMTAarjh6bYv4phb86NCZUq6pXsupNlMWY4gypUy7kl/s320/SDC10497.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621790097500824450" /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">almost forgot to take pictures of it</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">to show what it ended up like</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I think it turned out kind of sweet</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I hope my mother-in-law likes it</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I hope it cheers her up just a teeny bit</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9XwFisQ6QT6wzynIkGRzWw-r4xIEDiQ-ex4WfNXsWerEZ8xth68cWh6aovzAkCxsZWqh61aUV3jYyWGhndrzpahXsVI_NYd7eemx6omd64KNV72YvSvdbNjGOKxok6fZwULT0lrR-gPHT/s1600/SDC10494.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9XwFisQ6QT6wzynIkGRzWw-r4xIEDiQ-ex4WfNXsWerEZ8xth68cWh6aovzAkCxsZWqh61aUV3jYyWGhndrzpahXsVI_NYd7eemx6omd64KNV72YvSvdbNjGOKxok6fZwULT0lrR-gPHT/s320/SDC10494.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621790087538216354" style="cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinrirWa1K-ojgwtKf2rmHE4LW5YEdxWsVDc6XiFWtEce-eHZZ_cDq1XUfRy8AF-28PbRnue9YES8CIERFECe5laNKPtDdPw8wEJJsrezHgAmGN8cmHyYplqLaTPiVU0JctEwmvD5XEu0na/s1600/SDC10496.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinrirWa1K-ojgwtKf2rmHE4LW5YEdxWsVDc6XiFWtEce-eHZZ_cDq1XUfRy8AF-28PbRnue9YES8CIERFECe5laNKPtDdPw8wEJJsrezHgAmGN8cmHyYplqLaTPiVU0JctEwmvD5XEu0na/s320/SDC10496.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621790096740654018" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">but.......where the heck did all those shadows come from?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I know the actual piece will be shadowy</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">since it isn’t flat</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">but I always seem to have mystery shadows at the edges</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">when there aren’t any I notice while taking the photos</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">sheesh</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">anyway.......</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">it is actually sunny out today</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">first day in quite a while</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">so am going to go out and enjoy it!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">got my latest </span></span><a href="http://www.clothpaperscissors.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Cloth,Paper,Scissors</span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">so will sit outside and peruse that</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">(thank goodness for International subscriptions)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">hope everyone has a nice weekend</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and a burst of creativity!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">thanks so much for being here.........</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">__a</span></span></div>cardinal artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747858448788176879noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610486899040984165.post-87129548430444379772011-06-23T13:17:00.006+01:002011-06-23T13:47:38.555+01:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9mMoHs-Poe1QENThfLMiSzENtOw96ykZSFA114qbakTCKSWY0u-Y3jv0MIuanWdeGDyZmsDofArHguv5BCMxioe0KJm2egjqFNu01lhOY7bLtMrVA8w6vvhbwxjClJYvd8R6zsIoixHiS/s1600/schulte_tulip_detail.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9mMoHs-Poe1QENThfLMiSzENtOw96ykZSFA114qbakTCKSWY0u-Y3jv0MIuanWdeGDyZmsDofArHguv5BCMxioe0KJm2egjqFNu01lhOY7bLtMrVA8w6vvhbwxjClJYvd8R6zsIoixHiS/s320/schulte_tulip_detail.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621389598848107282" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9mMoHs-Poe1QENThfLMiSzENtOw96ykZSFA114qbakTCKSWY0u-Y3jv0MIuanWdeGDyZmsDofArHguv5BCMxioe0KJm2egjqFNu01lhOY7bLtMrVA8w6vvhbwxjClJYvd8R6zsIoixHiS/s1600/schulte_tulip_detail.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">hello</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">thanks for stopping by</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I really appreciate your interest and lovely, kind messages!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">have been doing various things this week</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I worked on this tulip piece to submit to a local show - not sure when they decide who is in </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I am a little unsure about this one........is it finished? I usually add much more to things,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">so am having a hard time letting go</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">maybe if it doesn't make it into the show, I can rework it.......or not</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">what do you think?? </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhJ5GcpjzvOguixgai_DD9cytl-IC_nVmiLYrp7Lwni_sWvSFVfYVo8595p4KwraJyZr-_qTMWAlPv8hagAAijuXrM8R6-dgOi-A-HEjotd_Z3TEMrN1Rk1QyFH85QyS11YHB-2FqibD6G/s1600/schulte_tulip.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhJ5GcpjzvOguixgai_DD9cytl-IC_nVmiLYrp7Lwni_sWvSFVfYVo8595p4KwraJyZr-_qTMWAlPv8hagAAijuXrM8R6-dgOi-A-HEjotd_Z3TEMrN1Rk1QyFH85QyS11YHB-2FqibD6G/s320/schulte_tulip.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621389595598030050" style="cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Tulips are my speech</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgolWIkhyGnw2UCo_Ad6r0MD4ifjCyS5Fzp2cX2lQqLz9NbU2fxtqbvTBh5VqyYkX02an0kxoqm2uvqiTkDoTr_RqQIJrwkRv0ZqTVifluuqsb-zxtvamP35GUJHwLQjeFsRnxNgEXzpcis/s1600/SDC10483.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgolWIkhyGnw2UCo_Ad6r0MD4ifjCyS5Fzp2cX2lQqLz9NbU2fxtqbvTBh5VqyYkX02an0kxoqm2uvqiTkDoTr_RqQIJrwkRv0ZqTVifluuqsb-zxtvamP35GUJHwLQjeFsRnxNgEXzpcis/s320/SDC10483.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621389609954177330" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I have to say..........</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">am getting a little tired of all this rain</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I know it makes all the flowers happy and all</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">but I am getting a little mouldy!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidS2oHK-Qx86RSYigVGQWdz_2UW8NPDjodeQtNLwZETan6FOGSohhFQO_IddynnYaHSxvG0dXQ8YoaSh-MCHt5OxiweQZrgvj0zUwAD0jT-EIjskafw4kA65rMm8WYoCSU8mubQpyfIp9e/s1600/SDC10474.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidS2oHK-Qx86RSYigVGQWdz_2UW8NPDjodeQtNLwZETan6FOGSohhFQO_IddynnYaHSxvG0dXQ8YoaSh-MCHt5OxiweQZrgvj0zUwAD0jT-EIjskafw4kA65rMm8WYoCSU8mubQpyfIp9e/s320/SDC10474.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621389601692276258" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></a></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">the men of the garden</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I also find it quite ironic that as soon as</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">the government declared the Southeast as a drought zone</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">it has rained non-stop!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">ooh! just saw a sliver of sun peak out as I wrote this</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">at least it is trying</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">our upholstery class ended </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I enjoyed it so much am planning on </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">signing up for the next session in the Fall</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">we didn't finish our chairs</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">for the black one; all I have to do is put the final fabric on</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">the other one is missing the springs!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(no wonder it was so cheap)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">so.......it is partially started and will be worked on in the next session</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">and finally;</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I am in the middle of a Green Woodpecker</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">a request from my mother-in-law</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">she hasn't been too well lately</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">we are visiting them this weekend</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">so I will need to finish this by Saturday morning</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">to take to her</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMfWkbbegob4y0MHRF_6GTVW9yKLFTKDE2-1gzJvK_ll4tcSYHx6Yh4vuy7mn9Y6nKh6gvSsbOi-3Tp42OlQMqRMqHeui0ET867SqTs99hGi68fCTCmubw-ATB0itJSTYjqQduJKJXH_bZ/s1600/woodpecker.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMfWkbbegob4y0MHRF_6GTVW9yKLFTKDE2-1gzJvK_ll4tcSYHx6Yh4vuy7mn9Y6nKh6gvSsbOi-3Tp42OlQMqRMqHeui0ET867SqTs99hGi68fCTCmubw-ATB0itJSTYjqQduJKJXH_bZ/s320/woodpecker.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621392799828592402" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I have done quite a bit of the stitching so far</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">and haven't a clue what I will do next</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">guess just see what happens</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">bit of lace......a few buttons......</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">the usual!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">thanks again for being here</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">hope you are having a flower-filled Spring/Summer</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">oh! almost forgot</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">a few years have gone by since my beloved </span></span><a href="http://cardinalarts.blogspot.com/2009/12/sophie-passed-away-this-past-february.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Sophie</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> passed away</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">and we are getting a new cat!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">we pick him up from the </span></span><a href="http://www.raystede.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">cat sanctuary</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> on Monday</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">he is THE FLUFFIEST thing I have ever seen!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">so, guess I am diving back into the world</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">of cat hair everywhere</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">__a</span></span></div>cardinal artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747858448788176879noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610486899040984165.post-7253125436318405882011-06-16T12:24:00.005+01:002011-06-16T12:48:41.195+01:00back again<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC83jbLlmKnuPIGxBgueU_aFQUTtiNsiz0vHjHpgSltrfs7emppc-RW7K5fVRN3d9DlrxdmIJntjTl_amRTtaerops5UtGTteSypCzHVacTSah5zO3r28sprSKflG7V8AaHG_DuD3NEK4U/s1600/SDC10434.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC83jbLlmKnuPIGxBgueU_aFQUTtiNsiz0vHjHpgSltrfs7emppc-RW7K5fVRN3d9DlrxdmIJntjTl_amRTtaerops5UtGTteSypCzHVacTSah5zO3r28sprSKflG7V8AaHG_DuD3NEK4U/s320/SDC10434.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618778781375658802" /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAGkzGMHNqsOBF7r9l-SfSkYuJhtV20SRJCmwsuXI1y8g44pstl5J76eBjCr6ArEmzUIVGAoBQhHYWHoc3zN8Ypq7AGtu-32JvMsk6etJjLXRUmm3Vc3gM9W790sgOqBiNE9VeyygNndth/s1600/SDC10419.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAGkzGMHNqsOBF7r9l-SfSkYuJhtV20SRJCmwsuXI1y8g44pstl5J76eBjCr6ArEmzUIVGAoBQhHYWHoc3zN8Ypq7AGtu-32JvMsk6etJjLXRUmm3Vc3gM9W790sgOqBiNE9VeyygNndth/s320/SDC10419.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618778765813464546" /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">huh.....</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">well, that didn't really go to plan</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">the plan of thinking, writing, relaxing, etc</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">the good thing is; my sister</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">and her daughter had a good visit</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">and one of the days they were there,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">there were actual waves!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">never been waves there before</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">it was fun</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">we were the only people in the water</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">the not so good thing:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">husband spent almost the </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">whole </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">holiday sick in bed</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">hence the no relaxation</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">oh well</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">did get a few lovely days together</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSfGgMnrsE0GVD_CiHgw9dgo6bH5JVsytN-jF3Yxq2B9Jp2FNiFQ9Hre9n6PpTxZtLFx-1YYHiTWyhlSTHWXdvRy7jwHmJF4HLrU9NJZ63EmOVJcWwv4KncRfXflTVUHILE6ZKaBUIKS3S/s1600/SDC10439.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSfGgMnrsE0GVD_CiHgw9dgo6bH5JVsytN-jF3Yxq2B9Jp2FNiFQ9Hre9n6PpTxZtLFx-1YYHiTWyhlSTHWXdvRy7jwHmJF4HLrU9NJZ63EmOVJcWwv4KncRfXflTVUHILE6ZKaBUIKS3S/s320/SDC10439.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618779230823918322" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">before my husband was felled,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">we all went to the </span></span><a href="http://www.alhambradegranada.org/en/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">Alhambra</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"> in Grenada</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAiXU1IyERLj5n0dgsL-z1uEilTrdCFVeX5hHqn_IXwS9bePCE_ErAxo4fff2JvbJusHFPLi2yj7u8ai9kajLEiXMknrjAqpGzCfXemsI6E3aTy3bec5lF5cEzg7vOkKTdDntv-rHE4Kwa/s1600/SDC10438.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAiXU1IyERLj5n0dgsL-z1uEilTrdCFVeX5hHqn_IXwS9bePCE_ErAxo4fff2JvbJusHFPLi2yj7u8ai9kajLEiXMknrjAqpGzCfXemsI6E3aTy3bec5lF5cEzg7vOkKTdDntv-rHE4Kwa/s320/SDC10438.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618779223138814514" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">a Moorish palace</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">the architecture is simply amazing</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">so mathematical</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">and beautiful</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">and ornate</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAiXU1IyERLj5n0dgsL-z1uEilTrdCFVeX5hHqn_IXwS9bePCE_ErAxo4fff2JvbJusHFPLi2yj7u8ai9kajLEiXMknrjAqpGzCfXemsI6E3aTy3bec5lF5cEzg7vOkKTdDntv-rHE4Kwa/s1600/SDC10438.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9EMbDKENaXpXv25d03qEq8JG983gbinjdWlmoA27yCK_6rF889XssjReZu9bTBfjKAN9oTdtP6E4uJA6gqg2MCfsW-g46Jp-iQOJUtXjsPruOiXbjBgVUXbVFgoFAbYNgxtYMQDBSNBU-/s1600/SDC10455.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9EMbDKENaXpXv25d03qEq8JG983gbinjdWlmoA27yCK_6rF889XssjReZu9bTBfjKAN9oTdtP6E4uJA6gqg2MCfsW-g46Jp-iQOJUtXjsPruOiXbjBgVUXbVFgoFAbYNgxtYMQDBSNBU-/s320/SDC10455.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618778786562297058" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">we weren't able to get into the actual palace </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">they limit the amount of tickets they sell</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">but we did get to walk around the gardens</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGp0Yq-ewU8wWdQ-bq5PfqInsy6Y2u4YcZe6MS8W0dY8YfKx1-IxYbkqTTWppnTkI4qmz5YfEFVeHkNcX6b7q_DlHmSFOqGgOYoRnHpyYSYEebAcuajkSO-utWCQr2qxTd9I7EErBdZACP/s1600/SDC10432.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGp0Yq-ewU8wWdQ-bq5PfqInsy6Y2u4YcZe6MS8W0dY8YfKx1-IxYbkqTTWppnTkI4qmz5YfEFVeHkNcX6b7q_DlHmSFOqGgOYoRnHpyYSYEebAcuajkSO-utWCQr2qxTd9I7EErBdZACP/s320/SDC10432.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618778769047927170" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"> such a beautiful place</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPvWtmaCniGGzuIBTfMnXVuOVduhK5AVhWZ7aQAuPCJCinn1VNJp7UHdpDkpc0DQ67ALM-MaPuQFgcD29UgDcNYvV5V97QtijtWZKEbeY_vSgrRvAzfVT8dRAAu5afNUZcCfrnZ6DBhPRQ/s1600/SDC10423.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPvWtmaCniGGzuIBTfMnXVuOVduhK5AVhWZ7aQAuPCJCinn1VNJp7UHdpDkpc0DQ67ALM-MaPuQFgcD29UgDcNYvV5V97QtijtWZKEbeY_vSgrRvAzfVT8dRAAu5afNUZcCfrnZ6DBhPRQ/s320/SDC10423.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618778763715765410" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">now; back in the studio</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">(which I </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">still</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"> haven't cleaned out!)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">am getting back into my projects</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">have made a few more </span></span><a href="http://cardinalarts.blogspot.com/2011/05/birds-and-chairs.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">stuffed birds</span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">am beginning to like them more</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">this weekend, we have another</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">upholstery class</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">so have been collecting chairs </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">these will be a bit more adventurous than the last two</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjICO6aWqlMUwXvEZGCvn-YmBBYCOAFeZB8LztYa5QLUWqu7-VVJHpqI_aq6u5aXTh0i2n7syv67gXzg811qmpfW-9NHA9Rf5NT_XSu1DMg4B3zlCRALjTslGJk-vF00Q2Xg8Urc-qNnbLd/s1600/SDC10462.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjICO6aWqlMUwXvEZGCvn-YmBBYCOAFeZB8LztYa5QLUWqu7-VVJHpqI_aq6u5aXTh0i2n7syv67gXzg811qmpfW-9NHA9Rf5NT_XSu1DMg4B3zlCRALjTslGJk-vF00Q2Xg8Urc-qNnbLd/s320/SDC10462.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618782062237258338" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeKrVYzUVNU-6FUUNVmaAr9y5PjFmX7FMUCRasFyNLYbEFvWGj8o_M-tgLsqk9ew55SAkc_msCIITWqktczD4XaEycNfUcxYDtcPsgS32lkS0Gg-Ww8HmJy3M1xVJgaJlCtLVYn0oil9Tf/s1600/SDC10460.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeKrVYzUVNU-6FUUNVmaAr9y5PjFmX7FMUCRasFyNLYbEFvWGj8o_M-tgLsqk9ew55SAkc_msCIITWqktczD4XaEycNfUcxYDtcPsgS32lkS0Gg-Ww8HmJy3M1xVJgaJlCtLVYn0oil9Tf/s320/SDC10460.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618782062722945906" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">I have several more projects</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">to get on with</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">for our open studios, </span></span><a href="http://www.artwavefestival.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">Artwave</span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">I have loads of time</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">but as usual, struggling with</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">procrastination</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">and uncertainty</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">wish me luck! ha</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">thanks so much for stopping by......</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">hope you all are having a lovely summer</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">__a</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div>cardinal artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747858448788176879noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610486899040984165.post-66622238678994959712011-05-27T16:24:00.005+01:002011-05-27T16:46:32.752+01:00adios<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">just a quick note as I am going on holiday for a bit.......</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">our annual Spain trip</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">am really looking forward to some reading........</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">thinking.......</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">looking........</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">calming........</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">planning</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">before I go</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I thought I would show you some photos I took</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">a couple of weekends ago</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">while at the Horse Trials</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">at </span></span><a href="http://www.chatsworth.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Chatsworth House</span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">what an amazing and beautiful place!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and this is just the gatehouse!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqNO5HqEWq7ppunSnmYHZkFBi9bty2dPUwvabUr7zDXn5sE1_Cl1U1ydroA3KQRx4syogRWwvZWDcxrMQyQh6cu7c7dqbV1Eh0PrZvidCtSaN1MKR50l65Ty6ubz15X2FqdqswIUR7lR69/s1600/SDC10402.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqNO5HqEWq7ppunSnmYHZkFBi9bty2dPUwvabUr7zDXn5sE1_Cl1U1ydroA3KQRx4syogRWwvZWDcxrMQyQh6cu7c7dqbV1Eh0PrZvidCtSaN1MKR50l65Ty6ubz15X2FqdqswIUR7lR69/s320/SDC10402.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611418439627166178" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">while at the horse show</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">we saw this amazing horse whisperer</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.jfpignon.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Jean Francois Pignon</span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib4JF6cT34rOfUUziQAcs6UBpSeothjNcoco3NQBszUNiAK_1uHjkiMqh2VriKy-F1FDgGM22pdQlijDCTwt1dTqXN8NW3s3STk5lxRJCTtRGB2SwXA6YV2__rydKFDNRJERfHb1glDrag/s1600/SDC10379.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib4JF6cT34rOfUUziQAcs6UBpSeothjNcoco3NQBszUNiAK_1uHjkiMqh2VriKy-F1FDgGM22pdQlijDCTwt1dTqXN8NW3s3STk5lxRJCTtRGB2SwXA6YV2__rydKFDNRJERfHb1glDrag/s320/SDC10379.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611419417539125906" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">he had his horses doing amazing things</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-pXeUsR-lmzViKmEktv8DqMFZ6k20RvNkH7au4-zFUfn7KBHPV9JSw_b-TY1IH0sjqGDGt0i__FQCYeY0CKhsR6oKIla0qJtoCNz_4ZrXqvht_CiG6SdCeRPJgiCNr1mr-H-kK_bsstD2/s1600/SDC10371.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-pXeUsR-lmzViKmEktv8DqMFZ6k20RvNkH7au4-zFUfn7KBHPV9JSw_b-TY1IH0sjqGDGt0i__FQCYeY0CKhsR6oKIla0qJtoCNz_4ZrXqvht_CiG6SdCeRPJgiCNr1mr-H-kK_bsstD2/s320/SDC10371.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611419412044100338" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">without any sort of yelling or whipping</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">they really seemed to be communicating </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCyko0axdwqjNZTiG6hni10CGCML8XbkQPSeOCB-rI3fHaym5oIVtVcqAAbrjkiYjDmXOgiTl04k43Ev9hq7jybfNeDO7wtSpreckd-N_lW9IKhMHd1uISKsYGBJ1RikhVU1CGACVCYXn5/s1600/SDC10381.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCyko0axdwqjNZTiG6hni10CGCML8XbkQPSeOCB-rI3fHaym5oIVtVcqAAbrjkiYjDmXOgiTl04k43Ev9hq7jybfNeDO7wtSpreckd-N_lW9IKhMHd1uISKsYGBJ1RikhVU1CGACVCYXn5/s320/SDC10381.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611419423160565170" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil9dD19t4cjzokiHQfCvhtmQNY5e9-V_DkfrpinQcJyzccFcW5ESx9UWBjHZ5WBkYFCWX9000Ks8UvJ26_9cbcsP2KIuFZc9OJdVXFj8JsqXkY320BI6Z_snG4CqS_Ve480Cx20Gf3dVc7/s1600/SDC10383.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil9dD19t4cjzokiHQfCvhtmQNY5e9-V_DkfrpinQcJyzccFcW5ESx9UWBjHZ5WBkYFCWX9000Ks8UvJ26_9cbcsP2KIuFZc9OJdVXFj8JsqXkY320BI6Z_snG4CqS_Ve480Cx20Gf3dVc7/s320/SDC10383.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611419430881701010" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Q4PSAhaIYbxXNm8wFQHckfe3gO8ttIGUw6nDA9sC9mYszKVIsUGIjY-ClxVN3FV9YnaXMr09cyt_w-yt5KoBtzV1vosY2c33eemxoAdWgjZS54fKpDZPufG9ZxfZ1nXMz-gXKqgFMSsW/s1600/SDC10386.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Q4PSAhaIYbxXNm8wFQHckfe3gO8ttIGUw6nDA9sC9mYszKVIsUGIjY-ClxVN3FV9YnaXMr09cyt_w-yt5KoBtzV1vosY2c33eemxoAdWgjZS54fKpDZPufG9ZxfZ1nXMz-gXKqgFMSsW/s320/SDC10386.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611421269608182930" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnVrJNH6Rn7KdEAgg1-ICg0jyCbWsr0r0cW_crx1rW7sZ7DqKqZhwENCvWOzm8Mk0VmAFF29rhgfpDu1C0RTc74xwE1wCn_WNPoSvnHiAly5WpJpKXebLhQglnBxESZkHHVIMm8Vvu7a3_/s1600/SDC10384.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnVrJNH6Rn7KdEAgg1-ICg0jyCbWsr0r0cW_crx1rW7sZ7DqKqZhwENCvWOzm8Mk0VmAFF29rhgfpDu1C0RTc74xwE1wCn_WNPoSvnHiAly5WpJpKXebLhQglnBxESZkHHVIMm8Vvu7a3_/s320/SDC10384.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611421266138540306" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdC-1HCUwWDi_QORTf0U02I9dsL30xM275bqsDNtXhkgkUAaSFtCEjeCDZ5TRJ2YemdfQ4XkM4FgeItTJ1k7240K01TINoRAQEqQP7PSW35PPUVviGGnIX776bKjt2GuMvdsbYNgnXcXur/s1600/SDC10385.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdC-1HCUwWDi_QORTf0U02I9dsL30xM275bqsDNtXhkgkUAaSFtCEjeCDZ5TRJ2YemdfQ4XkM4FgeItTJ1k7240K01TINoRAQEqQP7PSW35PPUVviGGnIX776bKjt2GuMvdsbYNgnXcXur/s320/SDC10385.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611421270063845666" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">after the horses were lying down</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">the little pony came over and jumped over them!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">of course, I didn't get that photo</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">it did make me a bit teary</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">missing my Dad</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">knowing he would have loved to see that</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">several times I have seen him stand by a fence </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and all the horses come over to him</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">there might be several people standing </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">by the fence</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">but they always went straight to my Dad</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I hope everyone is doing well</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">having lovely creative thoughts</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">and actions</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">thank you, thank you for coming by</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">maybe leave a message and say hello</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">have a good weekend</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">bye bye</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">for now</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">__a</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div>cardinal artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747858448788176879noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610486899040984165.post-2783811856538449552011-05-23T15:23:00.005+01:002011-05-23T16:39:05.188+01:00birds and chairs<div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">not sure about my stuffed birds......not sure about them at all</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr5BhiltvjXtUBb7hMFZThI8ePywfqTc0earPU8-7Q4DmA5r_djNKTsjeaBcFYdiROZydmfydYUEGCeA0MG4bz_EQ_tOI-RTUS2D7ndZ9pdQpj7uk5oSxi3uY1Bfw0dC4ibf5uj1DVX5vm/s1600/SDC10415.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr5BhiltvjXtUBb7hMFZThI8ePywfqTc0earPU8-7Q4DmA5r_djNKTsjeaBcFYdiROZydmfydYUEGCeA0MG4bz_EQ_tOI-RTUS2D7ndZ9pdQpj7uk5oSxi3uY1Bfw0dC4ibf5uj1DVX5vm/s320/SDC10415.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609918014525320194" /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">they are kinda cute - but not sure I like their heads...should I keep putting eyes on them?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">think I will do a few more and then move on to my next project</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzXR5MBYBVundudLzpUoeYoTN7pmnAlMtX3_hixk0I6FkR3dt8LosgvcJns7yKoqqy5gl_76jtNhAvRqNorZeF7Xv57cyS1zRRS19WA3Bm1O6sikSlr2KPVjsHFyL1XHaJLHGoEqnN4sKg/s1600/SDC10413.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzXR5MBYBVundudLzpUoeYoTN7pmnAlMtX3_hixk0I6FkR3dt8LosgvcJns7yKoqqy5gl_76jtNhAvRqNorZeF7Xv57cyS1zRRS19WA3Bm1O6sikSlr2KPVjsHFyL1XHaJLHGoEqnN4sKg/s320/SDC10413.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609918023770516018" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx3J9EUzv5f94xzIB5Dt6tl2gpFSj-rXWJOPGXONPJW0KWS9FzGi6K6mSdxLSsOcNu2JPvPWprkfZIzFgpKdSuFGyfiLqzuRd7hE12utIlyqj3F5F7vS5sIaJBWiiggTpu1X2MsBP95ApJ/s1600/SDC10412.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx3J9EUzv5f94xzIB5Dt6tl2gpFSj-rXWJOPGXONPJW0KWS9FzGi6K6mSdxLSsOcNu2JPvPWprkfZIzFgpKdSuFGyfiLqzuRd7hE12utIlyqj3F5F7vS5sIaJBWiiggTpu1X2MsBP95ApJ/s320/SDC10412.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609918008803108898" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 162px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">whatever that is.......</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">oh! me and S went to an upholstery class this past Saturday - loved it!!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I was hoping I would</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I had no idea what to expect from the class, so I got two really (cheap) simple </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">chairs to work on</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">when we walked in, it was like we had walked into the middle of the class</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">everyone seemed to know what to do</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">some people had taken the class before - but the new ones even seemed to know</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I panicked -</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">but then settled down and started taking the ugly, stained, ancient</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(not ancient in a good way)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">green fabric off the seat (duh, forgot to take “before” photos!)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I thought perhaps there would be some sort of opening talk or explanation</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">from the teacher - who is a very old, sweet man who has an upholstery shop in town</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">but no......just dive in</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">then he'd come around and show you things - or answer questions</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I loved watching the others - who brought far more complicated chairs</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">deconstruct their chairs - seeing the layers of old fabrics,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">horse hair or ancient fillings</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I especially liked the chairs with just the bare bones </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">and hessian (burlap for you US people)........the rough materials</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">with the tans and brown colours</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">anyway - we finished our little chairs, who have actually been growing on me</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">study and capable with a bit of mid-century “design”</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I settled on a simple, linen stripe with lovely muted colours of brown, tan, grey and a minty-green</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuekpksFlbRUhBZuUYaTXmYDjFQ0l7VHoxMSVwDo7jyo8Ekx07Kz0CGOTw55MT5OiG6jK_l-Svq6KbBVTvWKtm2nxRnXfA9nDfES0i_5KNQXmK-4qYmmCT7zbFgZu3CFZKm-IIZJrPdIyO/s1600/SDC10408.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuekpksFlbRUhBZuUYaTXmYDjFQ0l7VHoxMSVwDo7jyo8Ekx07Kz0CGOTw55MT5OiG6jK_l-Svq6KbBVTvWKtm2nxRnXfA9nDfES0i_5KNQXmK-4qYmmCT7zbFgZu3CFZKm-IIZJrPdIyO/s320/SDC10408.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609924623925038882" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikWYjm75j9IcSvkx0rWD9KuUdp6lv93WUKCuJiE2nDoI2UUAr4SsIi5hlTNMkfVIyWUEfj3nLUtniXJ8abl7UchHpIqltnXCzw3g_gfY3GroxNI6JfBqY_IYccX5W_sAaHPbqADIxJvAzS/s1600/SDC10409.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikWYjm75j9IcSvkx0rWD9KuUdp6lv93WUKCuJiE2nDoI2UUAr4SsIi5hlTNMkfVIyWUEfj3nLUtniXJ8abl7UchHpIqltnXCzw3g_gfY3GroxNI6JfBqY_IYccX5W_sAaHPbqADIxJvAzS/s320/SDC10409.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609924625808908066" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">with the original seat colour; the orangey colour of the wood was really awful</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">but with the new seat; it tones it way down</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I still want to strip the wood and stain it a dark brown</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">what do you think?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">leave it or stain it darker?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">tomorrow; I am spending the day ion London</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">there are so many show I want to see;</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">V&A, Mall Galleries, Hayward</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">not sure how many I will actually get to</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I always have such good intentions;</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">and then forget that it takes forever to get to each one..........</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">you walk around.......back to the tube.......next one, etc</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">then; I am going to the opening night of</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 16px; font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><h2 class="noMarginTop" style="letter-spacing: 0.2em; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 12px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; "><a href="http://www.ellenbell.co.uk/events/CameraObscura_2011.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">CAMERA OBSCURA AND OTHER STORIES</span></span></span></a></h2><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">a show of works by </span></span><a href="http://www.ellenbell.co.uk/home/index.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Ellen Bell</span></span></a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">beautiful work.......check it out!</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">and as always; </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">thank you so much</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> for stopping by and seeing what I am up to</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I appreciate it.......very much</span></span></span></div></span></span></span></div>cardinal artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747858448788176879noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610486899040984165.post-58073239066710982832011-05-17T16:03:00.011+01:002011-05-17T16:47:03.834+01:00I know.......I know.......<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTI0x6RaJ5vErbKlp_J15T1-MS5vua4F2GUclHBgyZ9cTeVeDgK5KJ7pUgMimcA6bEeIIiKY1_RIRcftm59-hXFXjmOvqrHocYQvuGcGV3h3I9xHBqUy7iDAJQN4G_cxVs3IHkn9nR-TZO/s1600/SDC10257.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTI0x6RaJ5vErbKlp_J15T1-MS5vua4F2GUclHBgyZ9cTeVeDgK5KJ7pUgMimcA6bEeIIiKY1_RIRcftm59-hXFXjmOvqrHocYQvuGcGV3h3I9xHBqUy7iDAJQN4G_cxVs3IHkn9nR-TZO/s320/SDC10257.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607704940815278386" /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsmcwBrK4mYTzY4ht4R57mPaQEYuX6ZLKGeOCqjg69jIo-E-oMBd9eKOyUs1t5I4obwOitKkYL3f3yAYAtfpLlCgnHkdboSW4nRWb-fKpQo-YLrYMcMS9A9ee43vkE5h53ROQvUx2MvWia/s1600/SDC10218.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsmcwBrK4mYTzY4ht4R57mPaQEYuX6ZLKGeOCqjg69jIo-E-oMBd9eKOyUs1t5I4obwOitKkYL3f3yAYAtfpLlCgnHkdboSW4nRWb-fKpQo-YLrYMcMS9A9ee43vkE5h53ROQvUx2MvWia/s320/SDC10218.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607701873314682930" /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">well, that break ended up being far longer than expected!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">as you might imagine; my passport did indeed show up in time</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">our trip to Mexico was lovely - perfect weather and nice company</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6uIHwiCh08LVnEHr6XYdIzbsk2sbPzl6eD1qQH5BXLpEgo7vPBWqg5QjYSWnANL9WxOhjbAc992QOa8NXexJAksIMfU76ifr7Q83IRJH-OnKBvfh54XDV5P5UuXhT_5PTvPe4uaHXicvT/s1600/SDC10242.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6uIHwiCh08LVnEHr6XYdIzbsk2sbPzl6eD1qQH5BXLpEgo7vPBWqg5QjYSWnANL9WxOhjbAc992QOa8NXexJAksIMfU76ifr7Q83IRJH-OnKBvfh54XDV5P5UuXhT_5PTvPe4uaHXicvT/s320/SDC10242.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607701884614780434" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">the view right outside our gate</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5pw-wN_N5xwEuTr4agIXLbAjrVZ22omil1vy8aWqY2PHj5v-vRDAArGFLijw82V1dU60FXRIUiqwgccQRfS6LwVMS6wJwrB48vuWlXmPK0iYRyWv-_PHokbIdLGFtHQhHF1Y20WCTGp_-/s1600/SDC10233.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5pw-wN_N5xwEuTr4agIXLbAjrVZ22omil1vy8aWqY2PHj5v-vRDAArGFLijw82V1dU60FXRIUiqwgccQRfS6LwVMS6wJwrB48vuWlXmPK0iYRyWv-_PHokbIdLGFtHQhHF1Y20WCTGp_-/s320/SDC10233.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607701880441513730" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">the wandering mariachi band!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRZY05bXiNUWUMzrBsCLy-0RN6M6j00IiuYorWJMYTWag7w7EqUaWPPHto51OZZllGPPVzwS0AbvHxOQFKpqR0B0QQXS5EvzLYReuVg1cKUtWY6HMDaShE6gc1WTLmR6YKMq6x2k7UwwRE/s1600/SDC10226.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRZY05bXiNUWUMzrBsCLy-0RN6M6j00IiuYorWJMYTWag7w7EqUaWPPHto51OZZllGPPVzwS0AbvHxOQFKpqR0B0QQXS5EvzLYReuVg1cKUtWY6HMDaShE6gc1WTLmR6YKMq6x2k7UwwRE/s320/SDC10226.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607701881787510786" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 222px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">on our first day; we came back to our place after shopping - </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">and the maid (we had a maid! I know......a maid!!) </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">had folded all of our towels into swans! </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">she had a bouquet of flowers from a wedding and used some </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">of the </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">bougainvillea</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> petals to decorate two large towels in the front room - </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">so pretty and such a lovely surprise!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX1eMseSaDMbtybkdZMJab7zf-K3woJHwQmPtGYXF0g53zO-5RLYSq6FQp8H7LTSHh9u5LlTfa5fFLYcCUe_E0iHWxUZXKrqTzVUMZJISpj3Yf74PTSgzP3pgo-0OhFMvdi94ZC4vsUskD/s1600/SDC10222.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX1eMseSaDMbtybkdZMJab7zf-K3woJHwQmPtGYXF0g53zO-5RLYSq6FQp8H7LTSHh9u5LlTfa5fFLYcCUe_E0iHWxUZXKrqTzVUMZJISpj3Yf74PTSgzP3pgo-0OhFMvdi94ZC4vsUskD/s320/SDC10222.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607701875575460642" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></a></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">my favourite thing! </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">mango on a stick with chilli pepper, salt and lime juice</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">she cut the mango into a flower shape - </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">convenient to eat it on the beach so you can wash off all the juice that</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">inevitably drips down your arms</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">so good......had one every morning for breakfast</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm00CLVxXCPok2RcX-Zx1Ul1CDlrbd5INmdqcIbyWFbeV_ohJ01iedAp3LMup5SCjIujbEZBvr46hfBJKz3bw-ecjmb3pm3pQGCqkrshd0w3Dk2I7z90NDP6L8PTIyuzQFXiNq-JehHJTg/s1600/SDC10259.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm00CLVxXCPok2RcX-Zx1Ul1CDlrbd5INmdqcIbyWFbeV_ohJ01iedAp3LMup5SCjIujbEZBvr46hfBJKz3bw-ecjmb3pm3pQGCqkrshd0w3Dk2I7z90NDP6L8PTIyuzQFXiNq-JehHJTg/s320/SDC10259.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607704943332076978" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjblOCPFmtijqRVVt_btmlGoB-RCHYhDr87i78Q9zQF7Bj72BygAsW1LZJdk1_Kdq3jMWd6joRzWJ_79EF35yJ31rTXUbfhyphenhyphenyEOli07W0pdBodGV66BkrU6S-rPbCna8D397_x5Wo1jiS6w/s1600/SDC10258.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjblOCPFmtijqRVVt_btmlGoB-RCHYhDr87i78Q9zQF7Bj72BygAsW1LZJdk1_Kdq3jMWd6joRzWJ_79EF35yJ31rTXUbfhyphenhyphenyEOli07W0pdBodGV66BkrU6S-rPbCna8D397_x5Wo1jiS6w/s320/SDC10258.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607704938433959218" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2VXmEkVRnW7r_xGSgNmd78Z6cX8msC4YPFemqPvhqwcjo7rL9qWHBwDy0rIsZLutDg-F7zjpn43ecji8H10Zjf2WgxTFUDEna8uJexYvlyEjpc-_oAFMGeqlwnIYIKz4vDb5kdAfRSokO/s1600/SDC10274.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2VXmEkVRnW7r_xGSgNmd78Z6cX8msC4YPFemqPvhqwcjo7rL9qWHBwDy0rIsZLutDg-F7zjpn43ecji8H10Zjf2WgxTFUDEna8uJexYvlyEjpc-_oAFMGeqlwnIYIKz4vDb5kdAfRSokO/s320/SDC10274.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607707374483006050" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2VXmEkVRnW7r_xGSgNmd78Z6cX8msC4YPFemqPvhqwcjo7rL9qWHBwDy0rIsZLutDg-F7zjpn43ecji8H10Zjf2WgxTFUDEna8uJexYvlyEjpc-_oAFMGeqlwnIYIKz4vDb5kdAfRSokO/s1600/SDC10274.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a>my sister’s dinner</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFWfYw2MFY9rbIqsjB2JEC_QE76MPJAPD5hq0BpSHLF696jkZ4fG5-1o-RldFHpbc8N__aZH1YQECBAkeZFpljm0KARgovnV0VbcY9U9O5DWVJ0UnHwa2Lnw9Qv2-z57Uy3TOb-f8u-Y6f/s1600/SDC10264.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFWfYw2MFY9rbIqsjB2JEC_QE76MPJAPD5hq0BpSHLF696jkZ4fG5-1o-RldFHpbc8N__aZH1YQECBAkeZFpljm0KARgovnV0VbcY9U9O5DWVJ0UnHwa2Lnw9Qv2-z57Uy3TOb-f8u-Y6f/s320/SDC10264.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607707369840876258" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I wish I would have been closer to this statue; </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">so serene and beautiful overlooking the little cove</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">now I am back at home - </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">and as usual......trying to get myself together!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I finished the bird I left before the trip </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">it is on its way to the US now</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDME2MrwZmu2f_C8q2w7jNSunDQxysodrxLewQKAHc75dTIy_gqanKFUgXWz-p6VGcFGiQxKHtdDfIj3n_cXhyphenhyphenmc7jQU8MirMmHlP7iO4yPtiIDAj2bcMRJifv5_gxEnJd_4vY9_Qvshye/s1600/SDC10337.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDME2MrwZmu2f_C8q2w7jNSunDQxysodrxLewQKAHc75dTIy_gqanKFUgXWz-p6VGcFGiQxKHtdDfIj3n_cXhyphenhyphenmc7jQU8MirMmHlP7iO4yPtiIDAj2bcMRJifv5_gxEnJd_4vY9_Qvshye/s320/SDC10337.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607708547882447330" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDME2MrwZmu2f_C8q2w7jNSunDQxysodrxLewQKAHc75dTIy_gqanKFUgXWz-p6VGcFGiQxKHtdDfIj3n_cXhyphenhyphenmc7jQU8MirMmHlP7iO4yPtiIDAj2bcMRJifv5_gxEnJd_4vY9_Qvshye/s1600/SDC10337.jpg" onblur="try 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/></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZmdVaB05E0FFyNbW6oCiQX6j3APglmxugEJSbAGjPBldo15ev4IUTlTAfeucMqiZFaLj-4XDyO87ChnO4QlH6Tclf4Rt3gLOnNKkDl3FFl4HmUHtrkFsveV9C1NRhYRY7DVyBLLbaP3Ij/s1600/SDC10336.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9X8Zygm0uEjmk9Gy02GFM82njj2Wza18fB4SmlRD4tx5shbA1M7zPxW9-l5lPAGzmqnsXA03tB-mijzp9bvkQoT9sDFqXXJ5kQ9cDJurZsMZUoyv9bzE9cRI4AXrzim00tU-5d93BaIVK/s1600/SDC10335.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9X8Zygm0uEjmk9Gy02GFM82njj2Wza18fB4SmlRD4tx5shbA1M7zPxW9-l5lPAGzmqnsXA03tB-mijzp9bvkQoT9sDFqXXJ5kQ9cDJurZsMZUoyv9bzE9cRI4AXrzim00tU-5d93BaIVK/s320/SDC10335.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607708538013402978" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">for my next project; I am working on some little stuffed birds</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(I know......again with the birds!)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">using these fabrics.......</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHnUkj0pH_Twfm7wVpWuYbAUMNN8Le_V-0wUyI67jgmLWpR_6fY5lIFDPbAehbTgpQJE7pZYujdhLuof20anbQJB10ggqaK3mzDDVKbAkuzNkXoybVxtBXVAHgKqnRtfwOC0DUbViqvvAL/s1600/SDC10342.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHnUkj0pH_Twfm7wVpWuYbAUMNN8Le_V-0wUyI67jgmLWpR_6fY5lIFDPbAehbTgpQJE7pZYujdhLuof20anbQJB10ggqaK3mzDDVKbAkuzNkXoybVxtBXVAHgKqnRtfwOC0DUbViqvvAL/s320/SDC10342.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607709516129018930" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> the top of the bird will be one pattern</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">with the bottom being a contrasting fabric</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">will of course show you when I have a few done </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">similar to the </span><a href="http://cardinalarts.blogspot.com/2010/08/makin-aprons.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">aprons</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> I made</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">which I have put in the cafe next door</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">and have sold 3 of them!! yea</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">so......that’s it for now</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">thank you so much for not giving up on me!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I will try to get back into “the groove” of writing more posts.......</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">and getting on with all the different projects I have in my head</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">and on several different lists floating around the studio</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">happy spring!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">__a</span></span></div></span></span></span></span></div>cardinal artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747858448788176879noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610486899040984165.post-29366691058540802862011-03-29T16:36:00.004+01:002011-03-29T17:00:13.540+01:00yikes!<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiptlzcCF0qxBSOj5O5AfXFBvF0Ycp4TTyI9zHTqqjjABupvLqdnATsfpjxblVfrdoaPuCvJPojlBX2zV_nm3eq2U8954Bfettc4ADQYhAAvmcHCZbnQubQu8c8OD24FSVcIgGtnjFYrAgX/s1600/SDC10202.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiptlzcCF0qxBSOj5O5AfXFBvF0Ycp4TTyI9zHTqqjjABupvLqdnATsfpjxblVfrdoaPuCvJPojlBX2zV_nm3eq2U8954Bfettc4ADQYhAAvmcHCZbnQubQu8c8OD24FSVcIgGtnjFYrAgX/s320/SDC10202.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589530224224617714" /></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> random photo of buttons</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">my head is about to explode</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I cannot think nor do much of anything</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">and of course, my to-do list is massive</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I leave early Thursday morning for the States</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">however, my passport hasn't come back from the embassy!!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I sent it off to get pages added</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">and miscalculated how long it would take</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">now I have been spending the last few days with </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">a stomach full </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">of acid......worrying</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I have spoken to someone in the embassy twice now </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">and they have said it will be with me tomorrow</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">and if it isn't?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">aaaarrrrggggghhhh!!!!!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I know, it is totally my fault</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">once again a product of my not getting things done</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">got.to.stop</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I am flying into KC to stay with my mother - and then she and I </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">and a few other family members</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">are going to Mexico for a week</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I am really hoping to spend a good portion of my time</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">emptying out this head of mine</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">it is so cluttered......and noisy</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I think some people are good with that</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I am learning it stops me</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">stops me from doing things</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">distracts me so much</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I cannot settle anywhere</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">with anything</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">am not too thrilled with being away from S for so long....</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">my main purpose is the few weeks I will be staying with my mother</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">we will be tackling all the cupboards, closets, boxes, drawers, shelves, etc</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">that are completely filled to the brim</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">donating, selling, keeping - clearing!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I think it will make us both feel really good</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">altho, I think there will be some emotional moments</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_NHWYkUooVWY2OwmpYjMs1-y8uVYF2NLL995Ema0dyYQpnPBMuryFvcMzYwL_zxe8AkvxwaRAu8q4_jWBhG_3aiWQNYnFs5CNYujbe2kfCeteWtwB-iMuzjnD8Q6FP_leqGgWrpXEzZOP/s1600/stuff2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_NHWYkUooVWY2OwmpYjMs1-y8uVYF2NLL995Ema0dyYQpnPBMuryFvcMzYwL_zxe8AkvxwaRAu8q4_jWBhG_3aiWQNYnFs5CNYujbe2kfCeteWtwB-iMuzjnD8Q6FP_leqGgWrpXEzZOP/s320/stuff2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589530218157166402" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFWOMzzrnfMthZpkplS_f49IemwrEc6L4pDnVocP4_4i_6weP5hG2YH1hasGEWHmlZJkVlY_LEXWr9TcEcyPMFjHFopJRNucSp8GqMhHxM8_Lm6y04PhxypTCpkZSAlKcOAyAsC8FSmBBS/s1600/birdnbuttons.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFWOMzzrnfMthZpkplS_f49IemwrEc6L4pDnVocP4_4i_6weP5hG2YH1hasGEWHmlZJkVlY_LEXWr9TcEcyPMFjHFopJRNucSp8GqMhHxM8_Lm6y04PhxypTCpkZSAlKcOAyAsC8FSmBBS/s320/birdnbuttons.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589530212110755186" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">a couple of scenes of my desk....which I am leaving in a terrible mess!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">and the unfinished bird I was supposed to finish before I left</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></div>cardinal artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747858448788176879noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610486899040984165.post-14817137888707924552011-03-21T16:00:00.008+00:002011-03-21T16:40:18.524+00:00wait..what happened?<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I didn't mean to have such a long pause between blog posts!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">just never.........took the time</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgflQvCXQFQlbNHfJiP1smxKHuf6UTuiOaTdxvvVtXQQ17fGzkatYBKuSPSniSvqiuA9VenRlKm46ZGANFMwlN0xOI_1ZSwqsRLg5msA_wAr8Stjj_McRgbTaUa6TE3u1aprHjaKpOY15Pe/s1600/continueforward_detail.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgflQvCXQFQlbNHfJiP1smxKHuf6UTuiOaTdxvvVtXQQ17fGzkatYBKuSPSniSvqiuA9VenRlKm46ZGANFMwlN0xOI_1ZSwqsRLg5msA_wAr8Stjj_McRgbTaUa6TE3u1aprHjaKpOY15Pe/s400/continueforward_detail.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586565534400379394" style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">have been busy doing non-creative/paying design jobs</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">but have also finished a piece that I am submitting to a local show</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(which I probably now have jinxed by mentioning it)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPH2D3O9LanRfvZvbHTYoAb2pP3xLrNcdJHREI2XyM78nhTSQXt0QQFevuVZfmFQJAXzhzvqH4Tk-AcDfaei1s0F-wO9RG6lWPNG0hU88lHkK-UoVe1OGrTGhuM1IJB1WrSHJpmYmF9lrY/s1600/continueforward.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPH2D3O9LanRfvZvbHTYoAb2pP3xLrNcdJHREI2XyM78nhTSQXt0QQFevuVZfmFQJAXzhzvqH4Tk-AcDfaei1s0F-wO9RG6lWPNG0hU88lHkK-UoVe1OGrTGhuM1IJB1WrSHJpmYmF9lrY/s320/continueforward.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586564822983175858" style="cursor: pointer; width: 270px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">a couple of weekends ago S and I went to Budapest. I have wanted to go there</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">for years!!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">such a beautiful and elegant city</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">lovely, lovely Art Nouveau buildings everywhere</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfjMj0irmk2rJqPIu1irGj8dQbqUV6yM-DEtXr_YMxXJdtB6pBTOA-rxYBrL6A-f_99p3KUCDGe_7poYmrSRtZN4s3bt72RtBQqIeuHGbW5NzbkKIECHih267DYJAveri6AvMFPNOz-xqF/s1600/SDC10149.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfjMj0irmk2rJqPIu1irGj8dQbqUV6yM-DEtXr_YMxXJdtB6pBTOA-rxYBrL6A-f_99p3KUCDGe_7poYmrSRtZN4s3bt72RtBQqIeuHGbW5NzbkKIECHih267DYJAveri6AvMFPNOz-xqF/s320/SDC10149.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586569084689035474" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">you had to keep looking up </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> sometimes the most amazing part of the buildings were the tippy tops!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhppViTqzC8azTjJjea9gmnByfCwY65yrg07oRf__7hgztw8cx9yCxnU4PbqnxdW3POln_iCs8-2q_3sQZBlhsvwjHuq0hx2oMoqSp9vCMLwTXI54eS3wmn7XMLxwWT_BRnVPH1EpKSzRJ5/s1600/SDC10135.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhppViTqzC8azTjJjea9gmnByfCwY65yrg07oRf__7hgztw8cx9yCxnU4PbqnxdW3POln_iCs8-2q_3sQZBlhsvwjHuq0hx2oMoqSp9vCMLwTXI54eS3wmn7XMLxwWT_BRnVPH1EpKSzRJ5/s320/SDC10135.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586569070928919250" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhppViTqzC8azTjJjea9gmnByfCwY65yrg07oRf__7hgztw8cx9yCxnU4PbqnxdW3POln_iCs8-2q_3sQZBlhsvwjHuq0hx2oMoqSp9vCMLwTXI54eS3wmn7XMLxwWT_BRnVPH1EpKSzRJ5/s1600/SDC10135.jpg"></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">below is a wall of tiles and statues in the hall of the thermal baths we went to</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTo38NgJ1PaxdaOslYXBvdXk5FBGVWKAlzBtxkLdz9o9VmbMphkiYLl1qt6rMPIombXtQgNlIpef-xvuseyCWOqQGhuH7-Lb8EzoL7Q5gELfIQAc5QDDZe0JpWjwoJ0EYqPnqu8nDTqjFh/s1600/SDC10110.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTo38NgJ1PaxdaOslYXBvdXk5FBGVWKAlzBtxkLdz9o9VmbMphkiYLl1qt6rMPIombXtQgNlIpef-xvuseyCWOqQGhuH7-Lb8EzoL7Q5gELfIQAc5QDDZe0JpWjwoJ0EYqPnqu8nDTqjFh/s320/SDC10110.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586569068799770370" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I was quite intrigued by the wings coming out of her head!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghUEmpeotFVZ1axoYi5ATIClaHktkt4cupHxPJEHajSWkKITsBv7YbwLs-5C01LX32NbwlZSa2qzTg12TInvEZa8Wde4YskKE4w9bK2jPBk6Qfxq3DEP0_H6tR8ARr7vc_HwBmGTZI7NFY/s1600/SDC10159.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghUEmpeotFVZ1axoYi5ATIClaHktkt4cupHxPJEHajSWkKITsBv7YbwLs-5C01LX32NbwlZSa2qzTg12TInvEZa8Wde4YskKE4w9bK2jPBk6Qfxq3DEP0_H6tR8ARr7vc_HwBmGTZI7NFY/s320/SDC10159.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586564842457658562" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghUEmpeotFVZ1axoYi5ATIClaHktkt4cupHxPJEHajSWkKITsBv7YbwLs-5C01LX32NbwlZSa2qzTg12TInvEZa8Wde4YskKE4w9bK2jPBk6Qfxq3DEP0_H6tR8ARr7vc_HwBmGTZI7NFY/s1600/SDC10159.jpg"></a><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCKT4inL2v587PrEkzdRbeM2R5X5xNFQjp1mxA69ZjKdKTzUSCZ0PWXVvNsQi0h11Gj97J2-jmBpVCOY5HR6p3Il3pTo_nIHx_2MDMoWieIyAksXdkhe0uhDDM4Ejjj84ooFFx0pimSlSb/s1600/SDC10150.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCKT4inL2v587PrEkzdRbeM2R5X5xNFQjp1mxA69ZjKdKTzUSCZ0PWXVvNsQi0h11Gj97J2-jmBpVCOY5HR6p3Il3pTo_nIHx_2MDMoWieIyAksXdkhe0uhDDM4Ejjj84ooFFx0pimSlSb/s320/SDC10150.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586569083562175970" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCKT4inL2v587PrEkzdRbeM2R5X5xNFQjp1mxA69ZjKdKTzUSCZ0PWXVvNsQi0h11Gj97J2-jmBpVCOY5HR6p3Il3pTo_nIHx_2MDMoWieIyAksXdkhe0uhDDM4Ejjj84ooFFx0pimSlSb/s1600/SDC10150.jpg"></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Parliament in the background........so ornate!<br /><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1u6fEU5IZzu4EkzHOgG-fvIkmbX9R_ME_iIBf7bwpfbnp3PbVUK703Vk9JnepfKEf2yMQTJ1VZv-WtTx8VZGhnOck7UWDZFXMty4FtWjGG0gBfPB_C3y6tOTJqKAiTTXfkBZY-tHQl6Ip/s1600/SDC10122.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1u6fEU5IZzu4EkzHOgG-fvIkmbX9R_ME_iIBf7bwpfbnp3PbVUK703Vk9JnepfKEf2yMQTJ1VZv-WtTx8VZGhnOck7UWDZFXMty4FtWjGG0gBfPB_C3y6tOTJqKAiTTXfkBZY-tHQl6Ip/s320/SDC10122.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586564831203322754" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">this statue was so beautiful</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">she looked so modern</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">it is Queen Elizabeth, the wife of Emperor Franz Josef</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRyKcMoxiIRCD147vN2vc8Hj4bMJjW3U7JcGnmBLODysRG3Srj-yykcEviwSzgQcST9qb1l7b2AQwZ1_MoJHV_yTOEJmGpdGQ9kwSozfZgczJu4f3EDKSnE1d9XCTR_p_P47WNWGfE0h6B/s1600/SDC10123.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRyKcMoxiIRCD147vN2vc8Hj4bMJjW3U7JcGnmBLODysRG3Srj-yykcEviwSzgQcST9qb1l7b2AQwZ1_MoJHV_yTOEJmGpdGQ9kwSozfZgczJu4f3EDKSnE1d9XCTR_p_P47WNWGfE0h6B/s320/SDC10123.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586564837739492722" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">such a delicate statue</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmgYf1VxaG7fbUxA1gdoujTPg_k6WxJmyklX5jrHNrxBp_2ghvWOo4wQC50fPmNDgrUDId0TokPmz8eeD6G1h11laed7wYgHl3arwKDZCgu4-JOZa95MUJ8DVyUJlsSLT2wRES9MjmsL8A/s1600/SDC10157.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmgYf1VxaG7fbUxA1gdoujTPg_k6WxJmyklX5jrHNrxBp_2ghvWOo4wQC50fPmNDgrUDId0TokPmz8eeD6G1h11laed7wYgHl3arwKDZCgu4-JOZa95MUJ8DVyUJlsSLT2wRES9MjmsL8A/s320/SDC10157.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586569086111495410" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">this was a man in traditional Hungarian dress playing some sort of instrument - </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I couldn't get closer to take a better photo</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAbGuAPtkOczoY84B5REw_on5oc-RfBAcvnnpMKOTojRF-0b1pSUYUm9WvMyaOyI9OZAUm9ZiuVKm-bSvJlqM_tLO5aEGiae83sZEwv53iJwEJ5cZy7DZjgddmeRi4ox0Gxww-gpIrTZkj/s1600/SDC10160.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAbGuAPtkOczoY84B5REw_on5oc-RfBAcvnnpMKOTojRF-0b1pSUYUm9WvMyaOyI9OZAUm9ZiuVKm-bSvJlqM_tLO5aEGiae83sZEwv53iJwEJ5cZy7DZjgddmeRi4ox0Gxww-gpIrTZkj/s320/SDC10160.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586571820820858018" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7w-uKaXCnN4bMgz-UALDfjYPpBJPocznTrY_DtJODiPDJbQ2ZEL43JQvVjJy60HntH-ad2S-1-Tb5xp1M4_7SZ6kP6dnF9k4d8gKvh65Snhbxkg8MD8NWmVAQVp9ewzaf2UGD8Dcef2r6/s1600/SDC10161.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7w-uKaXCnN4bMgz-UALDfjYPpBJPocznTrY_DtJODiPDJbQ2ZEL43JQvVjJy60HntH-ad2S-1-Tb5xp1M4_7SZ6kP6dnF9k4d8gKvh65Snhbxkg8MD8NWmVAQVp9ewzaf2UGD8Dcef2r6/s320/SDC10161.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586571814503220690" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">looking from Pest over the Danube to Buda</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">such stunning scenery; its hard to take a bad photo!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">it was actually sunny and even slightly warm today</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I actually sat in the sun a bit</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I am still going to do a collage from the items I took from the </span><a href="http://cardinalarts.blogspot.com/2011/02/collage-box.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">collage box</span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">a label for onion chutney</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">and finish another bird I have started</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">it's only Monday - so I still have a chance!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">hope you are having a sunny, creative day too</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">and thank you, thank you, thank you for coming by!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">__a</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></span></div>cardinal artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747858448788176879noreply@blogger.com1